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TITLE (EDIT)
Once
DESCRIPTION
For you.
Always.
[317 words]
AUTHOR
Lawrence Peters
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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[April 2018]
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
[email protected]
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Once
Lawrence Peters

  There wasn't a moment today,
  from when I went to sleep last night
  to when I woke today
  all during my day
  that I didn't think of you and smile
  that I didn't want to hold you close
  hear your voice
  see you smile
  I must have put my palm up a dozen times
  and felt the tingle of your presence in my world
  Knowing that you're in the world for me is everything
  you make the smallest moments bright
  the darkest ones meaningless
  the future roars with the thoughts of us together
  and I know, that for this brief moment in our lives
  that I love you with all my heart
  all my mind
  all my soul
  I love you

  The wildest part is:
  The best is yet to come
  it only gets
  stronger
  deeper
  fuller
  hotter
  it grows and grows without end
  without boundries
  without regard for time
  space
  distance
  and here's wildest part 2:
  it's real
  I'll never build you up in my mind
  into someone you couldn't be in real life
  you are you
  and that's who I'm in love with
  you'll never disappoint me
  never bore me
  never feel an awkward moment of silence
  or spare my feelings for my sake
  you believe in me
  trust me
  and there is no way I could ever violate that trust

  If I had to write wedding vows for us
  this would be them
  but they wouldn't need to be said.
  I would just out my palm to yours
  and look in your eyes
  and if I never got to look in your eyes
  hear your voice
  see you smile
  or hear you laugh again
  I would still carry these moments in my heart
  and know that there was a time
  that you loved me
  and that for that brief moment in time
  my heart sang
  my blood roared
  and the world was us together.

 

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"I think this is a wonderful poem. It's great to be in love like that. Your character in the poem is lucky to get to have the one they love." -- Jess, Austin, Texas, United States.
"I gotta say Lawry that you certainly have a gift. You never dissappoint me with your feeling and depth. Great job!" -- pix.
"I've read everything that I have ever seen you submit hear and it's still amazing. Much of your writing has moved me to tears and I find it still has the power to do that I hope you never give it up you have a rare and beautiful gift and you use it well." -- Hedgehog.
"I was messing on my computer today; started thinking about old friends and my mind invariably wandered to you and brought me here. I cannot even say what feelings reading this again invokes..." -- Emily, Canada.
"This...never fails to remind me. Everytime I read it it brings tears to my eyes. Beautiful." -- Emily Hunter.

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 2002 Lawrence Peters
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
October 2002
NUMBER OF TIMES TITLE VIEWED
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