I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE AGAIN
By Jim Kittelberger
Written for and dedicated to my long suffering wife of so many years
With pure love and devotion.
I was so very young when I chanced to see
A lovely image pass by me
I felt something stir within, and perhaps, just perhaps,
I knew.
But I could never know that we were destined
To spend a lifetime together,
And that I would fall in love with her then, and again
And again.
Experiencing young love, hot and intense,
Free of reason or any pretense. Lust is
King and rules the game, and the lovers
Ardently embrace that flame.
Middle age love is the most difficult of times, when
Ambition and selfishness oft times make us forget
And abuse our most truly precious possession,
Each others love.
Wisdom and perseverance must be heeded,
For first love is truly blest, and if nurtured will stand the test.
Those who navigate those difficult moments will emerge
At the end a much wiser person, intact,
With their loved one still by their side.
And then as the years unfold, the numbers that began at two
And multiplied to three, four, or more, begins its inexorable
Natural subtraction until there are but two, as it all began.
And if you are as lucky as I, then when that time arrives,
You will discover young love all over again, enhanced
By the knowledge that the person who shares your bed
Each night is the most valuable person in your life
Your lifelong companion, your life’s delight.
Now I have discovered once more, after almost two
Score and ten, I have fallen in love all over again, as sappy and silly as I have so many times before, with this woman that I adore.
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