What is your name : Vernon Biscoe

Who do you want the poem written for: Christie Lewis aka Chris

Why do you want the poem written: Chris & I hit it off when I first laid eyes on her. She was & still is the most beautiful woman I have ever known. We were both in troublesome marriages and both became separated to pursue one another. Unfortunately, my ex and I work together in our family business so we still run into one another, but that a different story. It seems that we both had a time line as to where we wanted our relationship to be by certain dates. We were very much in love and inseparable. The problem comes in here, I am named in an inheritance to receive a substantial piece of real property along with my ex, the property also includes where my business is located and should have been dispersed to all interested parties but the property is contaminated environmentally from some former gasoline stations and dry cleaners. The Maryland Dept of Environment is holding up the settlement until the environmental problems have been addressed. That should have only taken one year. It has taken two & a half years to date and not yet resolved. It has caused many a problem in our relationship because we all want closure in our past relationships. She is still has feelings for her first husband whom she divorced many years ago. This was learned when she had invited him to attend their sons high school graduation (he is the natural father) and she felt that he should be there and that they would still be together to this day if he were to get himself on the right track. She was upset with my going out of state to attend my sons college graduation because she felt that I would be too close to my ex and we would reconcile. I felt that if she truly loved me she would return and I wanted nothing more than to see her happy because I loved her that much. I left with little or no feasible explanation as to why I walked away. My reasoning was that "who am I to stand between her and the one she really loves, let it have its chance. Her sons graduation has come and gone and she had not reconciled with him. He has since passed on and she has found another man in her life. All her past lovers had been losers (her words, not mine) and I was the first one to be completely different and truly loved her for whom & what she is. I stood alongside and behind her in all she did. I have made inroads with her son and made him part of the "family". We were all one big happy family together. Not because she asked me too, because its what I wanted. I want and need her back in my life at all costs. I LOVE HER LIKE NO OTHER

What are the key messages you would like to send: I'm sorry for my leaving without an explanation, I loved you so much all I ever wanted was to see you happy, no matter what the costs, even if it meant losing her forever.I enjoying our spontanaety, dancing in the rain at the spur of the moment when a song we liked was playing on the radio while driving.The little things we did for one another, rubbing her feet after a hard days work, snuggling on the sofa, cooking dinner together, shopping together, a come from behind hug while working in the kitchen.The unexpected phone calls at work just to let her know I was thinking of her.The way I felt when I would see her from across the room.
The way she would melt in my arms whilst we danced and I sang "our" song to her.
Our long walks together. Her love and kindness for animals.Her generosity in all the little things she did to go the extra mile just to put a smile on my face. The daily short verses I would text her on her cell phone to let her know how much I loved her.We shared our innermost thought and desires that only the two of us would ever know because we had that much trust in one another. The electricity that flowed between us when we were together. The time at the cabin when it was snowing and I stayed up most of the night and kept the fireplace burning brightly to not only keep her warm. but to allow myself to gaze at her beauty as she slept so content & secure. The time we went on the scenic skyline drive and all I could do hope for the day when it would only be just the two of us and no excess baggage. I have never been unfaithful nor ever lied to you. I wanted so ever much to move in with you but not until the estate had been settled. I had planned a romantic evening as to just how I was going to let you know I was ready. That was a special romantic dinner for two, at home, after I drew a hot soaking scented oil bath complete with candles for you and at the proper moment renew my commitment to you with a diamond engagement ring with the monies I had saved (at your suggestion so I could take a week off work and go deer hunting the next season) I realized that deer hunting was important to me but not as important as you were to me. I had been looking at the same place I bought your ring & earrings, that place was in Salisbury and that would be my explanation for as to why I didn't take you with me. I was getting disappointed because I couldn't find just what I wanted. I couldn't very well tell you the reason without spoiling my surprise. The first time we made love, neither of us could go through with it without first admitting to one another just how much we meant to each other.I had supported you in all you did or were contemplating. I took your most precious possession and taught him how to drive. I was the first to jump in and help with his school project that was due the next day. I had always put you and your family first. Our paths had crossed many a time and we never connected until the one fateful night. How does one explain my being called back to stop and back up to a specific gravesite whilst driving thru the cemetery. I knew no one there or at least I thought so, then somehow a few days later after saying something to you I learned that I was called to your parents gravesite. I was instrumental in putting you & your sister back together. I was able to bring out the best in you, because for so long you had been you had been so beaten down. As I had said, I saw you as no other, you were a "diamond in the rough" when we first met.I saw a lot more and believed that I had finally found that someone I could only dream of. Together we made a true jewel that anyone would be envious of because we had each other. I am a true romantic at heart and those things I had mentioned to you will someday when you least expect it come true, why, because I love you

Do you have any funny, sad, happy, embarrassing or otherwise memorable moments that you would like to share: Your first phone call to me caught me by surprise and I couldn't sleep all night as I was waiting to see you the next day.The evening you met & surprised me with your choice of "hot & tingly" attire beneath your overcoat.How we felt and we didn't want to see it end when we first met for lunch and our conversation went on for hours when it only seemed like minutes

Do you have any other comments or thoughts: I am sorry for walking away from you, I do love you and always will

What style of poem would you prefer (happy, sad, romantic etc.): romantic

Please choose which package you would prefer:Deluxe

Do you have any last comments or thoughts: Beth, help me out with my choice of packaging

Let Me In

We hit it off from the very first time, the very first time that our eyes had ever met, you was, and you still are, so very beautiful, and to you, I know that I'll be forever be in your debt. Because we were both in troublesome marriages, and we separated to once again, follow our dream, we knew way back then we should be together, intuitively, we knew we'd make a remarkable team. Unfortunately, my ex and I still worked in the business, but today, I think we'll save that story, because I really want to talk about "us", and our love, in all it's magnificent glory. It seems like we both had a time line happening, we knew where we wanted to be by certain dates, we were very much in love and became inseparable, we were joined, unquestionably soul-mates. But of course, life is never meant to be easy, and it's taken too long to clean up the mess, and that is what has stopped us moving forward, it's the one blot on the potential of happiness. We both want closure on our past relationships, and I know you still hold some feelings, there in your heart, and a high school graduation became our serration, and I had no feasible reason why I had to depart. But I thought: "Who am I to stand in the way", and I walked away, without a thought of looking back, because I knew that you thought you'd still be together, if only he could have got himself back on track. But time moved on, as it always does, and gladly, sadly, you never managed to reconcile, but then you went and found another man to hold, and I started to lose the magic in this smile. All your past lovers have been losers, and they are your words, certainly not mine, and I just wanted to say "I love you", but there's a lot of meaning in that one line. Because I love you like no other, I want and need you to be back in my life, I want us to be a family once more, I want us to live happily, as husband and wife. I think I was the first one to be completely different, I believed in you and loved you for who you are, and if that love was a distance, then it would be further than the furthest star. I'm sorry for leaving without an explanation, I just wanted to see you happy and together, you see, I loved you so very much, even if it meant losing you forever and ever. I used to love our spontaneity, a song on the radio and we'd dance in the rain, I'd rub your feet and we'd snuggle on the sofa, what I wouldn't give to live that, all over again. We'd shop and cook dinner together, I'd give you a hug (I'd come from behind), I'd phone you unexpectedly at work, just to let you know you were always on my mind. I remember the way you made me felt, whenever I would see you from across the room, the way you'd melt in my arms as I sang "our song", the way your smile would lift the darkest gloom. Your generosity in all those little extra things, you'd go the extra mile just to put a smile on my face, and I just wanted to thank you for being you, you've made my world a much better place. We'd text each other our daily verses, we'd share our innermost thoughts and desires, our secrets, we had that much trust in each other, and truly, we were the spark in each other's wires. Because the electricity that flowed between us was real, just like the fire that I tended to all that night, I just wanted to keep you warm (and stare at your beauty), I'll never forget that moment, you in the flickering firelight. I dream of a day when we'll have no excess baggage, just me and you, with no past weights to hold us down, I have never been unfaithful and I've never lied to you, but I will admit, at times, I feel like a clown. Because I never knew what I had until I'd lost it, but I did know exactly what we once meant to each other and I also know that you were a "diamond in the rough", and that truly, in my soul, there'll never be another. So I just wanted to say "I love you", in truth, I love you with all my heart and soul, Chris, I need you to complete me, please let me in, because without you, I do not feel completely whole.

Copyright www.agiftofpoetry.co.uk 2008

Allen Jesson

Comments:

Allen, Looks fantastic and a keeper