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" For the Wives and the Ladies who love the unlovable "

Embers

Sitting beneath  the starlight

Eyes fixed upon the flame

glowing embers, crackling sounds

takes me back to yesterday

A time that was so innocent

Just kids, as some would say

not living in the past

just dwelling upon today

Many memories illuminate the mind

The youth of the 60's has slipped away

And the time of play and innocence

Was cut in half by the reapers blade

The rocks stacked round the fire pit

turn to mountains against red sky

smoke billows from the pit

as spirits rising toward the sky

Disappearing into blackness

Embers like tracers, fill the sky

they glow then burn out quickly

falling helplessly they flicker then die

My eyes dart away from the fire

as if released from a sorcerers trance

Look across the glow to my loving wife

and my heart begins to dance

Yesterday is just a memory

but today is worth living for

Life remains, love sustains

shutting the door of a distant war

Boondocker, 4/25/01

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" What a Difference you made in my life"