Inspired by….
this place
This is a small part of a larger area. It is the place where significant healing happened for me after the divorce ended 24 years of marriage. I did a great deal of writing here. It was the start of a new found love of poetry and writing in general.
It was also the start of a new life of love a few years later when I asked my best friend to marry me.
We are now about to celebrate our 11th year together next month.
It is also the place I want my ashes to be scattered, to be allowed to flow down the mountain to the ocean a couple of hundred miles east of this spot.
This is my most cherished inspiration.
She Said Yes
We laid our bodies flat on the rock
looked up at the sky through
the branches as light streaked
down upon us.
She said, this is so peaceful. I love it
here. I said, yes it is (feeling
nervous). We spoke of many
things.
Then…silence.
I turned my head
She turned to me
I said…will you marry me?
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(Aside)
Time and AgainTime and again, however well we know the landscape of love,
and the little church-yard with lamenting names,
and the frightfully silent ravine wherein all the others
end: time and again we go out two together,
under the old trees, lie down again and again
between the flowers, face to face with the sky.
Rainer Maria Rilke
perfect…
So uplifting to hear a story where good can come out of bad; from something sad you found inspiration, a poetic voice and true love
ann
Ron, this was a sweet romantic poem. I love your special place
Kauai is our spot and where our ashes will go…awww true love!
very intimate. such a touching tribute to both the place and to that profound moment in your lives.
Oh Ron, that is so sweet. In a manly way.
I like how you captured the moment in all its tension. Really enjoyed your poem and tale.
Yea, it was kind of sweet actually. I just hope not toooo sappy. Thanks to all.
Your best friend is very lucky indeed! Isn’t it amazing how despite the fact we are stung by love we return to it time and time again. Thank Goodness.
Lovely story and a quote from Rilke too!
Yeah, Rilke was a bonus. I just liked that lying down looking at the sky idea. BTW I found the Rilke thing after I had already written this whole piece. I thought, how cool, I think I’ll just insert that at the end. Glad you liked it.
Thanks Kimberly. Yes, I do consider myself extremely fortunate. Not that everything has always been perfectly rosy! We are human after all. But still happy nonetheless.
To link love and a place makes for a vivid image.