In the midst of grief and loss comes healing in the guise of a person... so unexpected... so mystical... so biblical...
Christine
seeking renewal
salvation
a love once
again
he rises and
writes
was it that first day
when her
children bought
the house next
door?
when they
became
neighbors?
his heart still
fractured
in pieces
(disintegrated)
she
a widow
resolved to years
alone
neither expecting the
unexpected
he at first
meeting quipped
‘hey, neighbor, up for an
adventure?”
“sure!”
ha-ha
he sought a walking
partner
a woman
(how he loved
their presence)
with whom
to talk
both unsuspecting
hearing about his
new
neighbors
his daughters write
“dad, maybe she could be
your friend?”
a seed planted?
everyone knew he would
not
do well alone
slowly days passed
a small spark
of adventure
ignited
a strange feeling
engulfed captured him
puppy love?
of course
but then they did
“the 36 questions”
(short-cutting months
of dating)
motown played in his
mind
“fooled around and fell
In love”
a song from
“carousel” if I
loved you…”
those who loved them
cautioned
wary
then they
saw
them
together
his friends said
“she’s a keeper”
another said
“she must have
sent her”
don’t you remember
her
obituary?
“take care of him
love and hug him”
they thought they
would never
love again
yet they began to
feel that
thing
they laughed
acted giddy
and so day by
day
they fell
in
love
grandpa and
grandma on
a kaleidoscopic
merry-go-round
epical
to find again that
bonding
honesty
mutuality
openness
connection
other-above-self
thing called
love
much over-used
often inaccurate
mostly
divinity enfleshed
better to
experience
so they did
a happiness and
joy
not easily put
usunder
possibly their
golden days of
elderness
is her name
a
coincidence?
and his
beloved of God?
two lives
two souls
saved.
