Last Waltz
Category: Love/Romance
by cobaltcat09 — Posted April 22, 2010|
Last Waltz
One last waltz upon this great earth
Was her only dying unfulfilled bucket-list wish.
The doctors said she had just six months left.
At 94 this wasn’t such bad news to her.
She accepted the inevitable end with grand style
Knowing she would waltz with her husband soon.
He had proposed during the Tennessee Waltz
And took her waltzing every week while he lived.
The waltzing kept their love alive
Stitching their hearts together through the years.
She accepted the inevitable end with grand style
With one last night of waltzing here on earth.
Beth Ellen Cook
4-22-2010
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| Copyright © cobaltcat09, 04/22/2010 |
Author's Comments:
Comments by: DEBBIEKG
A lovely poem...I like the idea that they will be waltzing once again when she joins her husband in Heaven. Well written and a pleasure to read for you today. God Bless, Debbie
A lovely poem...I like the idea that they will be waltzing once again when she joins her husband in Heaven. Well written and a pleasure to read for you today. God Bless, Debbie
Comments by: amiller
A happy / sad poem.
I like the ending.
Well done.
art
Author's Response: Thanks, Art. You're right, it's a happy/sad poem. I wonder if there is a word for that?
~~Beth
A happy / sad poem.
I like the ending.
Well done.
art
Author's Response: Thanks, Art. You're right, it's a happy/sad poem. I wonder if there is a word for that?
~~Beth
Comments by: martin
"The waltzing kept their love alive." is a most creative verse. It is the summantion of love experienced, Yet it is a concept and reality that applies to all dimensions of life. Life is one big waltz with many kinds implications.
Your poem is unparalled cause it goes way beyond the theme of the news event. Your last line says it all. Each moment, hour, day, month and year is a unique waltz overlapping with the accrued past and the anticipation future.
martin
Author's Response: Wow, thanks, Martin. I guess you got more out of this than I intended. Or maybe you got out of it exactly what I intended. I never know if fewer words are better than a slight longer poem with more explaination.
~~Beth
"The waltzing kept their love alive." is a most creative verse. It is the summantion of love experienced, Yet it is a concept and reality that applies to all dimensions of life. Life is one big waltz with many kinds implications.
Your poem is unparalled cause it goes way beyond the theme of the news event. Your last line says it all. Each moment, hour, day, month and year is a unique waltz overlapping with the accrued past and the anticipation future.
martin
Author's Response: Wow, thanks, Martin. I guess you got more out of this than I intended. Or maybe you got out of it exactly what I intended. I never know if fewer words are better than a slight longer poem with more explaination.
~~Beth
Comments by: queen
A memorable poem knitted together with the last waltz motif. ab
Author's Response: Thanks, April. I watched this one the news and it brought tears to my eyes.
~~Beth
A memorable poem knitted together with the last waltz motif. ab
Author's Response: Thanks, April. I watched this one the news and it brought tears to my eyes.
~~Beth
Comments by: cottonwood
Very touching poem Beth and such a good feeling that such love can exist in this world.
Like Sheri I was drawn to your [hrase " stitching their hearts together...". Very
good selection of wordinjg. Bob
Author's Response:
Very touching poem Beth and such a good feeling that such love can exist in this world.
Like Sheri I was drawn to your [hrase " stitching their hearts together...". Very
good selection of wordinjg. Bob
Author's Response:
I was so touched when I watched this story on a news clip that I just had to write about it. You know love like this exists, but sometimes it's hard to find.
~~Beth
Comments by: Golfshe
I love the phrase "stitching their hearts together" what a grand way to put the bonding and melding through all those awesome loving years. My friends and I went to a county fair whereby we came upon a palm reader and although we know it is "just for fun" we went to her and as she read my palm she said, "you will live a good and healthy life and live to be 94" - facetiously, I remarked - "Can you see if I will be wearing Depends?" - believe me, she was very offended by my callous disregard for her profession. I guess it was her profession and not her hobby.... Oh, well - sorry, I didn't mean to take away from your lovely and romantic poem, which I adore and have read 3 times now! Exceptional poem, my friend! Sheri
Author's Response: Sheri, it was a news story I just had to write about. I was a bit teary by the end of the two minute segment. I'm glad you liked it so well. It's a high compliment when you read something a bunch of times.
As for the palm reader, I went to one too at a fair. Apparently I will never marry. So far that's true. Oh well. At least I have my furr children. lol
~~Beth
I love the phrase "stitching their hearts together" what a grand way to put the bonding and melding through all those awesome loving years. My friends and I went to a county fair whereby we came upon a palm reader and although we know it is "just for fun" we went to her and as she read my palm she said, "you will live a good and healthy life and live to be 94" - facetiously, I remarked - "Can you see if I will be wearing Depends?" - believe me, she was very offended by my callous disregard for her profession. I guess it was her profession and not her hobby.... Oh, well - sorry, I didn't mean to take away from your lovely and romantic poem, which I adore and have read 3 times now! Exceptional poem, my friend! Sheri
Author's Response: Sheri, it was a news story I just had to write about. I was a bit teary by the end of the two minute segment. I'm glad you liked it so well. It's a high compliment when you read something a bunch of times.
As for the palm reader, I went to one too at a fair. Apparently I will never marry. So far that's true. Oh well. At least I have my furr children. lol
~~Beth