The Risk of the Heedless
I had waited for days.
For the time
When we would talk and touch.
I waited with intelligence and sophistication.
Then it was down to hours.
We would be off together for a mid-day meal.
I was eager.
An amorous hour was my intention.
We left, appearing nonchalant.
But he was busy with things to do.
Then it was over,
Our precious time.
We headed back. My disappointment cut.
We climbed up the old stairs to the world
Where we were not known as one.
Following him like a besotted fluff,
I forgot my sophistication and whined
My letdown.
He turned, as all heroes do,
Grabbed and kissed me
Right there on the stairs.
Forbidden love.
He could have had me on the stairs
For all I cared. I was limp as a dishrag.
It’s true.
It was
Worth the wait.
But then,
Would it be so again?
The risk was his.
Susan Patterson
8-2011
I had waited for days.
For the time
When we would talk and touch.
I waited with intelligence and sophistication.
Then it was down to hours.
We would be off together for a mid-day meal.
I was eager.
An amorous hour was my intention.
We left, appearing nonchalant.
But he was busy with things to do.
Then it was over,
Our precious time.
We headed back. My disappointment cut.
We climbed up the old stairs to the world
Where we were not known as one.
Following him like a besotted fluff,
I forgot my sophistication and whined
My letdown.
He turned, as all heroes do,
Grabbed and kissed me
Right there on the stairs.
Forbidden love.
He could have had me on the stairs
For all I cared. I was limp as a dishrag.
It’s true.
It was
Worth the wait.
But then,
Would it be so again?
The risk was his.
Susan Patterson
8-2011
"He turned, as all heroes do, grabbed and kissed me."
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Discussion-
Hopefully we all take risks now and then. It's good for us. It's good for the economy. It's good for the country. Okay, maybe I'm getting a bit carried away here. But it certainly is what humanity is about, trying new things...taking risks. This poem is a story about lovers, but it could be about joining a band, buying a new house, having a baby. Taking risks doesn't always work out. But when they do, by golly it sure is good. skp
Five risk-taking devils in front of Pam's Pickled Products, celebrating a birthday. Jeff, Harold, James, Paul and Dick.
➤ Tea can be either soothing or stimulating. So it is with men. Choose wisely. Earlene Grey
You can see that this woman knows how to take a risk. Can anyone tell me who she is? Marlene Dietrich?
À bientôt!
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