If My Love…

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This poem is for my beautiful wife, Anita-Clare, the love of my life. How fortunate we were to find each other.

If my love were like an ocean,
It would come in but never retreat.
I would show you my constant devotion,
By laying it here, at your feet.

If my love were like a mountain,
It would be a peak I longed to climb,
It would bathe you like a fountain,
And stand the test of time.

If my love were like a river, long,
It would flow joyfully from its source,
It would be, like a melody or song,
Full of vigour, life and force.

If my love were like a giant oak,
It would spread its branches wide,
To shelter you and to invoke
A safe haven in which to reside.

If my love were like a garden,
You’d know it’s where you belong,
It would be your own sweet Arden,
Filled with music, laughter, song.

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An Eye

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It is just an eye
But it fascinates me
How the gentle mushroom
Is striated with gold
And how so much
Emotion
Can be conveyed
In just one look
But what enthrals me
Even more
Is that this eye
Was drawn with crayon
By one skilful hand

Crayon drawing by Jose Vergara, aged 19

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