July 28, 2018 · 3:26 pm
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My Only Expectation

Expectation – Word of the Day

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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

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41 responses to “My Only Expectation”

  1. luisa zambrotta
    July 28, 2018 at 3:41 pm

    Really nice. I adore the last line ❤

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  4. Susan Iwata
    July 28, 2018 at 4:04 pm

    Wonderful. Brought tears – and a smile!

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  7. OJ's Pride
    July 28, 2018 at 10:04 pm

    So so very beautiful post…. And a very professional way of telling our lives ones that they’re our ride or die 👌💕

    Liked by 1 person

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  8. lync56
    July 28, 2018 at 11:30 pm

    That is beautiful – it brought tears to my eyes

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  9. calmkate
    July 29, 2018 at 12:49 am

    wow what a wondrous tribute to a special marriage .. pray your wife has read this?

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  10. ELLE
    July 29, 2018 at 3:35 am

    So beautiful. I love that canvas imagery.

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  11. talesfromthemindofkristian
    July 29, 2018 at 9:27 am

    ‘The fleeting Synthesis’ I really liked that. Great poem.

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  12. CYFworld
    July 29, 2018 at 6:10 pm

    I like this a lot. Well done

    Liked by 1 person

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