My Instead: I wrote Annette a poem called Time and You and emailed it to her.
My girlfriend Annette and I were having one of our long distance
phone conversations yesterday. One thing you have to know about Annette is that
she always comes up looking at the positive side of things. She was sharing how
it’s sometimes difficult and sad to be apart, but then she added at the end “I
get to miss you.” I immediately quipped that she could write a country song
with that phrase. I loved it! We talked for a while longer and then we said our
good-byes.
When I reflected about what Annette said about “getting” to miss
me, I resolved to put those sentiments into a poem for her. I had composed a
lot of poetry when I entertained back in 2003, so doing this was not foreign to
me. I would write songs (same melody, different
lyrics) to sing to the honored guest during my performances. It was challenging,
but fun and creative…just what I like.
I commenced with my literary labor that evening putting into verse
my feelings about our long distance relationship, being with someone I care
about, and our time apart. I wanted it to be less about the rhyme and more about
the content…the beauty about what we have together. Unfortunately, I “tend to
bend” towards the rhyming-type poetry. So that’s what I composed for my
Annette.
After several hours in my poetry mode, I attached the poem to an
email to Annette and clicked send. Later when we talked, I told her that I sent her an email of something that I had written for
her. I suggested that we hang up and that she read my attempt at a love poem.
She called me back shortly thereafter and told me how much she liked it and
appreciated it. We talked about it for a while and then continued with our
usual nighttime conversation before we said goodnight. But this time, well, it felt
a little different.
The power of the written word…
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