{"id":815,"date":"2016-01-26T01:13:09","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T07:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/?p=815"},"modified":"2016-03-06T20:28:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T02:28:33","slug":"you-are-so-pretty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/2016\/01\/26\/you-are-so-pretty\/","title":{"rendered":"You Are So Pretty"},"content":{"rendered":"

“You are so pretty,” it was said far too often by me,<\/span><\/p>\n

Like a child with his wanted gift for everyone to see,<\/span><\/p>\n

Forgive him for saying far too often you’re so pretty,<\/span><\/p>\n

I wonder how many wives endure such a tragedy,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine the teen so overwhelmed with a girl,<\/span><\/p>\n

Emotions never known, overtake him in a whirl,<\/span><\/p>\n

So beautiful was her flowing hair without curl,<\/span><\/p>\n

Aspiring to give her treasures of gold and pearl,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

To calm her displeasure he bit his lip into silence,<\/span><\/p>\n

With caution of word he would fear to say so hence,<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet every day he said “you are beautiful” without pretense,<\/span><\/p>\n

Words escaped his mouth and leapt his censor fence,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine the little girl without anything but dreams,<\/span><\/p>\n

Without dreams things may be worse than it seems,<\/span><\/p>\n

A dream is hope for something better downstream,<\/span><\/p>\n

When she accomplishes that dream, see her beam,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

To think his own mouth he would have to restrain,<\/span><\/p>\n

It wasn’t his mouth but such beauty was to blame,<\/span><\/p>\n

Words would escape as if impossible to contain,<\/span><\/p>\n

Beautiful, pretty, gorgeous, so many words pertain,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine the man alone because of words unspoken,<\/span><\/p>\n

If only the courage came would he be so broken,<\/span><\/p>\n

Wishing he had said those words instead of chokin’,<\/span><\/p>\n

His life wasted away like a discarded wood token,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

He saw her in dreams long ago most every night,<\/span><\/p>\n

When at war, as he slept, he held her photo tight,<\/span><\/p>\n

After enduring so much, return acclimation was a fight,<\/span><\/p>\n

He asked why fight for anti-America protester’s right,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine the man still overwhelmed with the girl,<\/span><\/p>\n

Emotions discovered still overwhelm him in a whirl,<\/span><\/p>\n

So beautiful is her long flowing hair without curl,<\/span><\/p>\n

He aspires to give her treasures of gold and pearl,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Long hours alone magnified how he had felt while home,<\/span><\/p>\n

The anxiety of danger and near death while being alone,<\/span><\/p>\n

Praying that she wouldn’t forget him and start to roam,<\/span><\/p>\n

It pulls heavily on tormented hearts that feel so alone,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine two teens whose eyes lock more than a glance,<\/span><\/p>\n

Was fate at work or did they truly meet there by chance,<\/span><\/p>\n

Courage came to announce his love one night at a dance,<\/span><\/p>\n

And she wanting his words but departed before his chance,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Once lips and hearts unite even if brief true love is known,<\/span><\/p>\n

With no doubt in his heart he departs before love is shown,<\/span><\/p>\n

Regret for not saying so was another burden of war sewn,<\/span><\/p>\n

Letters written with no response don’t quell love that has grown,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine the soldier so grateful to survive,<\/span><\/p>\n

Discharged as damaged and lucky to be alive,<\/span><\/p>\n

Grateful it happened in hope the romance will revive,<\/span><\/p>\n

A two minute visit is enough to keep the flame alive,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Working hard after his discharge and buying a car,<\/span><\/p>\n

By design he returns instead of wishing upon a star,<\/span><\/p>\n

She changed an un-responsible man to do the best he can,<\/span><\/p>\n

The war killed his innocence and returned a damaged man,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine the grown girl without anything but dreams,<\/span><\/p>\n

Without dreams things may be worse than it seems,<\/span><\/p>\n

A dream is hope for something better downstream,<\/span><\/p>\n

When she accomplishes that dream, she will beam,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine the beautiful girl with a fulfilled improbable dream,<\/span><\/p>\n

With that dream becoming a reality she is now agleam,<\/span><\/p>\n

A secret dream in hopes of something better downstream,<\/span><\/p>\n

Departing the church arm in arm it’s no longer a dream,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So high above reality with the past year alive in his head,<\/span><\/p>\n

Thinking he wouldn’t survive yet he came home alive instead,<\/span><\/p>\n

He felt her hand in his instead of a photo as bullets flew overhead,<\/span><\/p>\n

Her beauty overwhelmed him as he held her in their lovers bed,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine the soldier that survived loneliness, torture, and more,<\/span><\/p>\n

Coming home to the girl that loved him as much as before,<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagine him married to her with stored emotions of war,<\/span><\/p>\n

His heart aflame with love for her, so many feelings in store,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

“You are beautiful,” he says, far too often than a normal man would,<\/span><\/p>\n

Would anyone understand his feelings if in his shoes they stood,<\/span><\/p>\n

You are the most beautiful creature I have ever seen in my life,<\/span><\/p>\n

There is none second to you, I am blessed to have you as my wife,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Imagine his dismay after a few months had gone by,<\/span><\/p>\n

“You say I’m beautiful far too much, can I ask you why?”<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s because I’m in disbelief after all I’ve been through,<\/span><\/p>\n

His mind speaks loud with no word said, “I love you,”<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Realizing her feelings and how imbalanced his words were he replied,<\/span><\/p>\n

You are wonderful through and through no doubt, it cannot be denied,<\/span><\/p>\n

Adding, “I love each moment with you even hearing your giggle inside,”<\/span><\/p>\n

Hopefully tonight, forty-five years later, my love for you cannot be denied.<\/span><\/p>\n

The end, by Pat for Patti<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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