Colleen Wright - Heart Strings.

It is so easy to fall in love, and to 'connect' with another,
but what else is needed to become a complete lover?
Do we have enough 'cement' to hold us together for life?
Do we have enough knowledge to prevent us from strife?

We are really beautiful together in mind and in verse -
but what of our differences? Would we drift apart, or worse?
You live so very far away - many long kilometers from me -
from the harsh, earthy country - to the salty sands of the sea.

Your heart is very young and is made of pure gold.
Mine has lived longer, although young, so I am told.
My past has been that of many a culture
and has helped me to grow and mature.

We could not be together for some years to come,
and that would be a real problem to many or some.
Perhaps we should love from a distance and with memories
and the thoughts of our brief times - and our beautiful stories.

'Absence makes the heart grow fonder',
some say, but I really must wonder,
if it would not be that 'out of sight
and out of mind', would be our plight.

The mind and heart with close memories do hurt
as I walk alone, along the roads of my coastal 'dirt'.
I cannot help but wonder if our 'connection' brings
good - as it so strongly tugs at the heart strings.

Colleen Wright

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