{"id":284,"date":"2012-02-10T15:31:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T21:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ewgreenlee.wordpress.com\/?p=284"},"modified":"2012-02-10T15:31:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T21:31:37","slug":"of-poetry-this-man-before-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allivarcreative.com\/?p=284","title":{"rendered":"Of Poetry – This Man Before You"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HoldingHands\"<\/a><\/p>\n

As a writer I try my hand at numerous forms of writing, most of all prose, but every so often poetry. A few poems are even present in my trilogy “The Chosen One of Allivar.”<\/p>\n

The following is the longest poem I have ever written. Often an idea for expression comes from something we personally experience. Many years ago my marriage was on the brink of ending. I am not a quitter and counseling was my last attempt to save and honor a sacred vow, today which is taken too lightly. Many men have difficulty expressing themselves; I am one of them, in the spoken form, but not in the written form. With this in mind, if you are struggling in a marriage, try your hand at poetry and express you inner-most emotions. But most of all swallow your pride and ego and seek independent counsel.<\/p>\n

This Man Before You<\/strong><\/p>\n

This man before you from the moment of early morning\u2019s light,
\nponders and wonders how he will make for you this day right,
\nNever a moment passes that he does not care for your happiness and delight,
\nand how this man before you will deliver his promise before night.<\/p>\n

You are his queen, his lover, his wife
\nwhich this man before you has vowed to love, honor and cherish for life.
\nThis man before you professes a love that none can set apart,
\nsurrendering only through the passing of light at death do us part.<\/p>\n

This man before you once witnessed your passion for him so clear,
\nHe only wishes now that those times were once again near.
\nThis man before you has a heart that races fast,
\nThat begs your passion for him will return to last.<\/p>\n

Time has passed with moments of pain, doubts and fears,
\nThis man before you stood faithfully through the years.
\nAs our moments in time pass and some we wish not recall,
\nI ask you to ponder and wonder, what if this man before you had never been here at all.<\/p>\n

Would the embers in the fire of your heart grow dark and cold,
\nor would you miss his loving touch from the days of youth, now old.
\nWould you regret the moments for embrace that now lay waste,
\ndreaming you had a different man, in a different time and place.<\/p>\n

This man before you is flesh and blood with heartaches and tears,
\nnone as deeply as the loss of your love he fears.
\nHe longs the return of the daily touch of your lips and the light of your eyes beams,
\nthat says this man before you is again the man of your dreams.<\/p>\n

So this man before you has no agenda, only his love to acclaim,
\nno matter how old and gray his body may proclaim.
\nThis man before you sees only a beautiful bride,
\nthe love of his life and the source of his pride.<\/p>\n

Before any more moments are lost and words unspoken,
\nhe promises his love for you will never be broken.
\nHe will treat each moment as his last,
\nso that your love for him will not pass.
\nBefore this man before you takes the last breath of his life,
\nhe wants you to remember this poem for you, his wife.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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