The velvet dark of a silent room,
A glass half-full at the edge of gloom,
He drank as a river drinks the rain,
To soften the clutch of mortal pain.
His voice was low, his touch was true,
Each glance a story the soul once knew;
No gesture wasted, no bright deceit,
He wore his greatness soft and sweet.
A son was born, yet soundless too,
The world he met was strange and new;
In silence deeper than any bell,
The boy he loved but could not quell.
Louise, steadfast as rooted pine,
Tended him through the breaking time;
Though seas between their spirits swept,
Her hand, unseen, was where he wept.
He prayed in the chambers none could see,
A doubting man, yet on one knee;
The altar flickered in his mind,
A distant peace he could not find.
The vows he spoke in youth’s bright flame,
He bore as penance, not as shame;
For in his heart, too torn to choose,
He wore the chain he would not loose.
Oh, Spencer, bright and broken star,
How wide the sky, how near, how far.
Epilogue
The stars he touched fell through his hands,
The prayers he spoke were made of sand;
And in the end, no voice, no call—
Only the silence after all.
.Tracy and Hepburn
Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn
An affair Hollywood will always remember.
From the moment their eyes met
They fell in love, how we could forget.
It was soon after which they surrendered
Where love is concerned, not all is rendered.
The love soon became an affair of the heart
no one would tear them apart.
In a span of twenty five years
Nine films were made among all the tears.
Of the love that grew intensely between them
For he never once left her again.
She respected his wishes for she understood
That in private life he was not hers.
They never appeared in public together
Yet they shared a love that lasted forever.
a big helping of kettle corn
a good classic movie starring spencer tracy
money left over from all bills paid....for once
no cares in the world....for now
monday nowhere in sight....at least not yet
a good woman still holding me down
me rubbing her back as we react to said spencer tracy movie
somewhere along the way katharine hepburn shows up
a two horror flicks with boris karloff and bela lugosi respectively are coming on next
we feel as if we are in heaven...the big helping of kettle corn is all almost gone....
....heaven help our stomachs later on....
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