Another Chance at Love

I gaze at you with soulful eyes, tears wet upon my cheek, thanking God for sending you to me.1

"How did I ever get so lucky to share this earth with you?" I silently wonder.  2

You kiss me as the waves lap against the shore, that same shore we kissed goodbye on months before.  Things are different now.  How fitting that night was so dreary... making love our "final time" out in the rain.  Tonight the warm glow of the setting sun is a stark contrast to that fateful night.  It reminds me of the night I stood on the bulkhead of your beach and gazed out at the sea and wondered how many times you stood in that same spot and thought of me. 3

My thoughts are interrupted by the gentle tug of your hand upon my chin, drawing me to you.  "We can't kiss on the lips anymore" echoes in my head and I smile... is this another lifetime?  Is this a dream?  I feel like a convict who's been pardoned.  Convict's fate?  Why the second chance at life?  Is there a God above who saw me withering without your love? Was God's aim to shatter then rebuild my faith?  I often wonder about our timing with these things.  Why, after three years of longing, did we suddenly merge just when you found a new love?  Why the randomness of that night two months later?  Why, after more than a year, did we consummate our union in a way we never had before, only to say goodbye?  Was it all leading up to this day somehow?  4

Your voice breaks my thoughts.  "I love you."  I must have died.   Would God grant me such happiness on this plane?  I mouthe "I love you too," and your mouth devours mine, arms enveloping me and pulling me tight against you.  5

Suddenly I'm alone, feeling naked in the late fall air.  You're two steps away and down on one knee.  Tears blind me as I thank whatever forces are at work.   "Yes!" I exclaim as I fall to the ground in front of you.  And we tumble in a mass upon that sand.  That same sand that saw our mournful parting holds our bodies for this joyous reunion.  And as we hold each other as the sun goes down, I giggle as you sing in my ear, "We'll see a new sunset every night."  And I quietly thank God for the strength to see the sun rise every morning of our time apart.   And I praise him for the beauty of his plan.  And I vow to love you and only you for all eternity.6

©Teresa A. Brogden, October 20027