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My Only Expectation
We started somewhere,
though we started everywhere.
No point can be pinned,
it was a conversation,
a look,
a smile,
words,
a place.
Seasons were our canvass,
and we painted ourselves slow.
Keeping every detail,
a record of our life
in love,
in trust,
in sickness
and in health.
Eros and Aphrodite sometimes came for tea.
And though we stumbled in their shadows,
our sighs smudged the heavens
with abstract utterance,
of caress,
of lips,
of eyes,
of that fleeting synthesis.
We’ve enjoyed so many, many things,
our needs were very few.
Time has gathered us more closely now,
our youth is more within.
Still we paint our canvass,
as life invites us through,
and my only expectation is
I’ll paint this road with you.
©Paul Cannon
Paul,
pvcann.com
parallax 
Really nice. I adore the last line ❤
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Many thanks Luisa, I’m glad to know that.
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Reblogged this on From 1 Blogger 2 Another.
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Thanks Douglas
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Most welcome sir Paul!
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Lol – sir
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Even if you are not knighted (yet), it seems to me you should be – given all those lucid, poetic and sundry insights which contribute to our enrichment daily!
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Humbling praise indeed, feeling very encouraged.
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Sally forward pen in hand!
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I must, onward … Thanks
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Beautiful
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Many thanks Jay-Lyn
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You’re most welcome.
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Wonderful. Brought tears – and a smile!
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Thank you for sharing your feelings Susan, much appreciated.
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Enjoyed the read
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Many thanks James, glad you enjoyed it.
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Any time
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Lovely.
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Thank you Judy
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So so very beautiful post…. And a very professional way of telling our lives ones that they’re our ride or die 👌💕
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Absolutely, you got it OJ and thank you
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My pleasure
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That is beautiful – it brought tears to my eyes
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Yes, came from the heart
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wow what a wondrous tribute to a special marriage .. pray your wife has read this?
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Sometime 😀 but Lyn’s not a blogger so it takes time … thank you for a lovely comment
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she should coz you may not say it to her … here is a very public declaration, any woman would melt 🙂
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Yes you’re right, I do make sure she will mostly. Melt, really, amazing, thank you
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So beautiful. I love that canvas imagery.
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Thank you so much Elle
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‘The fleeting Synthesis’ I really liked that. Great poem.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts Kristian, wonderful to read that.
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I like this a lot. Well done
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Many thanks.
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Reblogged this on The Reluctant Poet.
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Really appreciate that
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Always my pleasure to share your works with followers, Paul!
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Appreciate that.
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Such a wonderful post!!
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Thank yo so much.
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