When you happened, I believed in magic, in faeries,
princely men and love, in good prevailing over evil.
I believed in God, in angels and salvation
but most of all, I believed in magic, in miracles…
Perhaps a prince without a horse,
no gold, no carriage, no kingdom
but I believed in love and was carried away.
I was ready to slay monsters, build castles with bare hands…
loving you felt like magic,
I believed in you and I believed in us.
A simple fare, a country kingdom, our own Tir-na-nOg,
I appreciated everything, the daily battles, the closeness of you,
spare potatoes, children giggling in their sleep…
…it was magic…
Sixteen years, I still believed in you,
still appreciated spare potatoes, children giggling in their sleep,
the close exhaustion at a battles end.
I woke one morning, cold, alone, terrified
in the mêlée of living on love I stopped believing in fairies,
good defeating evil, God and angels…magic and miracles
But I still believed in you…in us…
and you were gone.
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Some very new. raw emotions I needed to get out.
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But I still believed in you…in us…
and you were gone.
Well this is what a life is..you did a great depiction of the sentiments of life here..
you are very honest in your sentiments and this had made this write a piece of the heart..thanks for such a heartfelt entry in my -
That is life
Some thing we believe in, some thing we feel is a dream come true, a miracle and then all of a sudden some thing goes wrong and we don't know what. But we are left all alone and wondering if we had been in a dream.
Believing in some thing is good, but being ready for everything is the best. Miracles do not happen, we make them, dreams don't come on their own, it is our own making, wishfully or unknowingly.
What makes us a miracle is the way we stand straight and face the world, proving we are worth it. The battle goes on and one day when we least expect, we will find ourself the winner and then once again we will believe.
Raw emotions indeed!!!
Love and blessings from India - Joel -
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