{"id":834,"date":"2016-02-18T02:01:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T08:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/?p=834"},"modified":"2016-02-18T09:39:02","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T15:39:02","slug":"four-minutes-at-heavens-gate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poemsforpatti.com\/love\/2016\/02\/18\/four-minutes-at-heavens-gate\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Minutes at Heaven’s Gate"},"content":{"rendered":"

I stood at the gates of Eden with an angel beckoning me through,<\/span><\/p>\n

Through the clouds of paradise I caught a quick glimpse of you,<\/span><\/p>\n

Pray for her I begged, “she needs me more than you can know,”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Oh it’s more than YOU know, she is an angel that loves you so,”<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Enter into her heart and persona to feel her unconditional love,<\/span><\/p>\n

Suddenly I felt the anguish of a thousand broken hearts from above,<\/span><\/p>\n

The world I knew was falling apart and I struggled for another breath,<\/span><\/p>\n

Crash carts and nurses ran through doors that symbolized my death,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fear I had never felt before coursed through my veins over me,<\/span><\/p>\n

Over me? I thought, what is wrong with me that I couldn’t see,<\/span><\/p>\n

Oh how I love her, but quite suddenly I realized it ran both ways,<\/span><\/p>\n

The things I had done to survive the war allowed me more days,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Her photograph I kept near my heart after our summer goodbye,<\/span><\/p>\n

Extreme loneliness for over a year brought my eyes to often cry,<\/span><\/p>\n

The hardships of drafted men at war is only known by those boys,<\/span><\/p>\n

Boys forced to become men using the war machine’s deathly toys,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each night I held her photo as I prayed she would wait a year or two,<\/span><\/p>\n

Through dark of night I’d watch the stars hoping she was looking too,<\/span><\/p>\n

Each beat of my heart seemed to increase my love tenfold or more,<\/span><\/p>\n

With the first touching of our lips my mind knew what I was living for,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Against all odd we grew our love each time our eyes could meet,<\/span><\/p>\n

A small ember fanned with devotion created enough of love’s heat,<\/span><\/p>\n

To grow our love despite obstacles of meddling and temptation,<\/span><\/p>\n

Our love grew in spite of war’s separation to never know stagnation,<\/span><\/p>\n

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The sacrament of Holy Matrimony brought grace to our eternal bond,<\/span><\/p>\n

We two souls entered into marriage with enough love to go beyond,<\/span><\/p>\n

There was never a doubt that I was there to be her protector for life,<\/span><\/p>\n

I am a mysterious man of extended time still deeply in love with my wife,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each day I’ve loved her more as her internal beauty overwhelmed me,<\/span><\/p>\n

Every time her perfection overwhelms my soul I am grateful that I can see,<\/span><\/p>\n

No one can understand but me how her lack of vanity makes it more so,<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet time has been kind to her and age has brought with it a subtle glow,<\/span><\/p>\n

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They say I took for granted how much that little girl was in love with me,<\/span><\/p>\n

Let me be truthful now, I know my worth very well so how could it be,<\/span><\/p>\n

Yet here I stand, with her emotions of lost love coursing through my veins,<\/span><\/p>\n

Her unconditional love is that of one willing to die so the spouse gains,<\/span><\/p>\n

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At heaven’s gate a puddle must exist as through me her teardrops fell,<\/span><\/p>\n

The pain of separation for over a year after being drafted into war’s hell,<\/span><\/p>\n

Pales in comparison to what my little girl was feeling as I lay dying nearby,<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, “my little girl” is the cuddle name given her by this fortunate guy,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hazel-eyed angel with tears of anguish falling from her eyes is torture,<\/span><\/p>\n

I have no doubt if she passed away while I survived I’d have no closure,<\/span><\/p>\n

When I could bear no more I sobbed desperately and started to pray,<\/span><\/p>\n

Please dear angel of God, ask our Lord that I be allowed NOT to stay,<\/span><\/p>\n

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“Sacrificing eternal salvation is a risk however God gave you free will,”<\/span><\/p>\n

My heart is eternally tied to her such as flowing water is never still,<\/span><\/p>\n

Be still my beating heart I’ve often said as her entrance took my breath,<\/span><\/p>\n

Then I felt the hands of life pull my soul into my body to halt death,<\/span><\/p>\n

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Time suddenly slowed to nearly still as I turned to look through the wall,<\/span><\/p>\n

Standing near the door she sobbed as each person ran by trying to stall,<\/span><\/p>\n

Her beautiful eyes in search of a promising look from a stranger passing by,<\/span><\/p>\n

When out came the words she so needed, “we won’t let your husband die,”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Please reach out to her and comfort her breaking heart if you will,<\/span><\/p>\n

Then motion returned as suddenly as time stood that moment still,<\/span><\/p>\n

Comfort came to my soul as I felt the physical pain my worn body knew,<\/span><\/p>\n

Hazel-Eyed Angel, my little girl dear, I left paradise to be here, I love you.<\/span><\/p>\n

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

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