funny how old thoughts
bring up new
a love from long ago
the first
eyes bluest of blue
curly hair
laugh that filled the sky
he wanted more
than i could give
if i could return
to that night in the fields
when stars were violins
and his eyes were the stars
if we could only return
to the peach tree
by the acre garden
fruit waiting to be plucked
unwrapped
what does save yourself
really mean anyway
if i had said yes on that night
after all maybe it would’ve
been the very thing
that saved us both
from those heartache and tears
that chased us through the years
his grave still catches my heart
Rita S. Spalding has had poems published in numerous anthologies and magazines. Her first book, Abstract Ribbons, was published in 1992. A second book, The Eighth, is currently at a publisher. She has received awards for poetry from Jefferson Community and Technical College, Elizabethtown Community College, National Library of Poetry, Kentucky Monthly Magazine and the Kentucky State Poetry Society. In 2024 she was a presenter at the Kentucky Writers Celebration in Danville and Historic Penn’s General Store, the Last Insomniacathon and she gives poetry readings regionally on a regular basis.
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