AND I WOULD BE LOVING YOU STILL

by Judith Evans

1999

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There would have been
this gentle arc of the spirit,
like a gossamer winged creature,
that would have sprung from my heart
and plunged headlong
into the liquid, lustrous pools
of those chestnut eyes;

 

And your spirit would have
leapt in entrechant and,
blowing kisses as it crossed
the path of my own,
arms spread wide ---
A swan dive --- and then
hands coming together
as it sliced cleanly,
as hope does,
into the clear, blue ocean
of my eyes;

 

And we would have resided there,
the way salmon never return
to the sea when once
they leave it's waters,
And we would have been
forever safe and joyous
in each other's hearts.
And you would be here today.
And I would be loving you still
if we had ever met.

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