by Jennifer Lee
Member since:
August 20, 2010

Everlasting Embrace~'FWE Touch'

December 02, 2010 02:08 AM UTC (Updated: December 02, 2010 02:27 AM UTC)
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We started out as friends

I should have known better

He seemed to want more

I believed in love at first sight

That first day we met for lunch

He showed me around town

He even took me to his home

He gave me a lovely, handmade necklace

When he put it around my neck,

I quivered as his hands brushed

my secret erogenous zone

Before I left, he kissed my cheek

Tempted by his strength and charisma,

I anticipated another date

and delighted in his first call

We went to dinner that same night

We shared a single passionate kiss

Then we were inseparable for weeks

We bonded in laughter, through tears

and created precious memories

I'll never forget how I felt beside him

listening to the soft sounds of his breath

I sighed in the warm comfort of his being

I'd never slept more peacefully

or imagined such contentment

Although we had no future together

and our paths may not cross again

His strong arms do seem to reach me

I may always yearn for him to surround me

When my need for touch arises,

I return to those times in my mind

May he still feel our embrace in dreams...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comments: 18

Linda T. Dec 2, 2010, 2:32am UTC
I strongly believe people enter our lives for a reason. Some remain for a long time while others drift away as quickly as they entered. If he made an impact on your life than you surely must have made one on his. I know you linger in his memories.
Jennifer Lee Dec 2, 2010, 2:47am UTC
He did enter and exit rather swiftly and I bet it's more like out of sight, out of mind for him, thank you, Linda. HUgs
Kathryn Flynn Dec 2, 2010, 2:53am UTC
The nice thing about when things change is that we always have memories, and we can make them however we want.
Kathryn Flynn Dec 2, 2010, 2:55am UTC


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Busy Buzzy Bee 'Gather Proud Mamarazzi' Dec 2, 2010, 3:18am UTC
I second Linda's belief that people enter in our lives for a reason.That was an everlasting embrace not only for you, I believe for him,too.Trust me heart can't lie.Poem leaves me with a note that memories will never stop chasing us.Lovely read!
Bernard C. Dec 2, 2010, 3:32am UTC
Some good memories and moments here - well written and recollected - those hearts lessons for us all - as we all change and hopefully all think it is for the better - until we find the right one - thanks for sharing :-)

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JOHN BECK Dec 2, 2010, 7:42am UTC
A journal entry style prose poem. Nicely told.
Chris Brockman Dec 2, 2010, 9:17am UTC
I second John. I would add that the simplicity of this makes it touching, perhaps an unintended consequence of the prompt.
Barbary C. Dec 4, 2010, 3:27pm UTC
John and Chris have said it for me, too.

Lovely and uncomplicated writing.
Angie O. Dec 2, 2010, 11:22am UTC
Perhaps the moments were specail to him also Jennfier but he is unable to act on them. I would never say wait but maybe look for this connection in others, it may not be the same but just as special. Hang tough!
Angela A. Dec 2, 2010, 3:06pm UTC
That was so very lovely my dear!!
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Kushal Poddar Dec 2, 2010, 8:45pm UTC
No future means more present.
Bravo for a simple flow.

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Kathryn Flynn Dec 2, 2010, 11:36pm UTC
Bittersweet, very real, very touching, Jenn.


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david f. Dec 3, 2010, 12:41am UTC
lovely memories.
elizabeth evans Dec 5, 2010, 1:57am UTC
Like Linda, I believe people come in and out of our lives for a reason. Some stay for the long haul...but not many. But all these close encounters we have give us reason to reflect on who we are and where are we going next.
Ruthi C. Dec 5, 2010, 5:55pm UTC
Wise one thou art, Elizabeth.
elizabeth evans Dec 5, 2010, 6:31pm UTC
(:
Ruthi C. Dec 5, 2010, 6:00pm UTC
When my need for touch arises ... a basic human need, oft' felt only in our dreams. Here's a touch of sunshine from afar ... HUGs, Jennifer!

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