Long Lost Lovers Reunited After 30 Years
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I Think That I Would Miss You, Even If I Had Never Met You.
Let me tell you first hand that you never know what will be around the next corner in life.
Denny, my husband, and I were high school sweethearts. We found each other after 30 years. We are working on a book about our amazing and romantic tale of lovers found.
Miracles do happen...
I wrote this poem way before we got back together. A lot of the poems I post of sadness are from the time I was not with Denny and missed him. We have been married for 8 years! I still write and post my sad poems. I have written before how people used to comment about the fact that all of my paintings felt sad to them... and asked my why... I would say, "What is interesting about happy?" I still think that is true to a point. Who doesn't love a beautiful tragedy? It's romantic and perplexing. I am not sad anymore like this poem written so long ago. But there are moments, and everyone has them. There are also flowers and blue skies with big white puffy clouds to remind us that everything has it's place and is actually in perfect time.
"Me Without You"
In all my dreams
I never imagined me without you.
I wandered through my life
and I would always see you.
I counted on your timing
your smile
you caught my soul
and found me off guard.
Must you still lean on my soul? .
Pull my insides
'til I lose all control?
and then...
take what becomes a prize to me
and leave me so alone?
Such an expense I paid
finding me without you.
I am off balance
I can hardly breath.
I never included the outcome
of your leaving...
leaving me without you.
I am a broken container.
I bare no excuse.
I cannot stand on my feet
nor hide my despair.
I am the tear in my own eye.
nowhere to start again
no step to begin.
The smell of emptiness
is a smell I cannot bare
a room so vacant.
I loath myself
that I should fall apart so.
As if you were the only person
to verify my breathing
the only cure
to my lapses of continuity
Every part of me
has taken a separate direction.
I awake in the night
alone and empty.
There is nothing more alone
than to wake in the middle of the night
no one to reach out for
no comfort to find.
I am afraid that I will wake
and there will be
nothing left of me.
A collection of clutter
or a speck in your eye
marooned
an after thought.
Reflections that find me
so un-groomed.
Little squares of reason
tiles on the floor.
Ushered in are spokesmen
to declare
part of what I already know.
On every corner
there is sadness
we all know.
In every person
on every occasion
a dimmer glow.
Should it trivialize my ache?
In all my dreams
I never imagined
me...
without you.
note: I won a "Juror's Choice Award" in the East Hawaii Cultural Center's All Juried Show 2005 for my portrait of "Denny" a 36x48 oil on canvas. The portrait of "Denny" is posted on my blog, October 04, 2005 archives and on my website.
About the Author:
Kathy Ostman-Magnusena
Hawaii, United States
Aloha! I am a figurative artist and Illustrator. If you check out my website you will see that I am very prolific in oils. My paintings are collected worldwide. I also do sculpture; images available upon request. I have illustrated for Hay House Inc., Neil Davidson, who was considered for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing, and several other publications. I also enjoy story writing and poetry. All of the paintings, stories and poems on my blogs and website are written by me.
Check out my website http://www.kathysart.com or one of my blogs at: http://kathysart.blogspot.com/
You never know what the next day, year or even breath might bring. Hold out for true love.
IMAGE IS OF MY PAINTING LAVENDER CLOAK"
Table of Contents
DID YOU TURN THE MUSIC UTUBE above ..ON?
You will feel my heart and the heart of my Denny more if you do.. I'm just sayin'
I Think That I Would Miss You, Even If I Had Never Met You
I think I'd miss you
even if I'd never met you.
I think there would be a space missing from me.
When I am not with you now
I cannot think of much else
than what is lacking
a few missed breaths
a few sentiments to share with someone
who understands
someone in the same space.
When I am not with you
airplanes still fly overhead
What on earth can they be thinking?
Some would think me damaged
or at least insecure
oh so needy
without love notes in my pocket.
Yet, my stance
my journey
the very essence of my said creativity
is not quite centered
when you are not within reach.
What can I say?
What excuses do I have?
Except...
it is what it is
that's all.
I am within that fairy tale
the one that little girls grew up dreaming about?
The ones with the white horse
the kiss that awakens...
a sleeping
damsel.
Goddess alert
keep your voice intact
poetry is never all that far
words that wind round dreams
unmet.
You my love
are like the breeze
of the words I want to say
I am understood
encouraged
lifted up
by you.
And I?
I love you.
I think that I would miss you
even if we had never met.
I think I would feel incomplete
never being able to figure out what was missing.
Lonely
for a song
that would never find its way to sound.
Like a rose in a vase without baby's breath
and ferns
a flower in a vase
without water
left to dry out.
Or maybe I'd just stay inside the garden
wondering
and no one would come to pick me
at all.
Yes~
I know...
that I would miss you
"even if we had never met."
by Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
copyright 2012
IMAGE IS OF MY PAINTING "FORGET ME NOT"
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Yes~ I know that I would miss you even if we had never met ~Kathy Ostman-Magnusen
Pining for Denny I painted "Lost at Sea"
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cffutah
Mar 3, 2012 @ 11:25 am | delete
- Your personal touch I felt while reading this, thank you for sharing. *blessed by a squid angel*
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MaxReily
Feb 26, 2012 @ 9:41 pm | delete
- Beautiful lens! I loved your poetry and art almost as much as hearing that you found your true love. I can say with certainty that your words: "Yes, I know I would have missed you even if we had never met" are true, because I did miss the person I never met until I finally found him when I was 52. The chances of our ever meeting were so remote as to have been nearly impossible. That's how we know it was meant to happen. Was it worth the wait? Absolutely! Thanks for a lens that believes in love.
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Richard3331
Feb 23, 2012 @ 5:48 am | delete
- I love this lens
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myamya
Feb 22, 2012 @ 8:50 am | delete
- Amazing lens! great poetry thank you for sharing!
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gypsyman27
Feb 20, 2012 @ 12:40 pm | delete
- I know this love story, I wish it were mine. I haven't found the one that will be with me for the rest of time, except the dead. Your writing and illustrations are so beautiful. I wish I were an angel so I could bless this page. See you around the galaxy...
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sousababy
Feb 20, 2012 @ 10:10 am | delete
- It's really hard to wait for love, but you proved it was worth it. Such an inspiration, thank you.
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sousababy
Feb 20, 2012 @ 10:08 am | delete
- Beautiful poetry and amazing portraits - love 'em. Thank you for sharing your gifts with us. Fondly,
Rose
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sponias
Feb 19, 2012 @ 8:52 pm | delete
- Your love story is very interesting. This lens deserves to be blessed!
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flicker
Feb 19, 2012 @ 8:48 pm | delete
- Wonderful poems and artwork. Thanks! Glad you and Danny found each other again.
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JoyfulReviewer
Feb 19, 2012 @ 3:47 pm | delete
- Thanks for sharing your love story ... and your beautiful poetry and paintings. So glad you found your Denny again.
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Steph_Tietjen
Feb 17, 2012 @ 1:05 am | delete
- Enjoyed your story. I really, really love your art, checked out your website, am drawn to 'Stealing Saturn". But 'Lavender Cloak' is my favorite. I listen to Enigma and Dead Can Dance when I paint, too; but it's been way too long...
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Sylvestermouse
Feb 12, 2012 @ 3:58 pm | delete
- Beautiful poetry and yes, the first poem is quite sad and lonely. I am so glad you found your Denny again :)
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SayGuddaycom
Feb 11, 2012 @ 2:52 pm | delete
- A beautiful story and a wonderful lens, congratulations.
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skiesgreen
Feb 9, 2012 @ 8:19 pm | delete
- Wonderful story and lovely lens. Blessed and featured on Blessed by Skiesgreen 2012 and also on For my Valentine. Hugs
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mihgasper
Feb 9, 2012 @ 12:04 am | delete
- So touching... Another beautiful lens!
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vallain Feb 8, 2012 @ 3:42 pm | delete
- Sigh, I'm a real romantic, so I love hearing stories of lovers reunited after being apart.
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SereneSea Feb 6, 2012 @ 11:50 pm | delete
- It is amazing that how Nature works to unite and find long lost sweet hearts. I usually love a story that has happy ending or at least a morale; beautifully done with poems from heart.
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tembrooke Feb 6, 2012 @ 7:51 pm | delete
- I love your artwork! You're very talented.
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goo2eyes
Feb 6, 2012 @ 6:07 pm | delete
- winging back to share some squidangel *blessings*
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RenaissanceWoman2010
Feb 6, 2012 @ 11:18 am | delete
- Deeply resonant. Powerfully moving. Your soul has great depth.
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queenofduvetcovers
Feb 6, 2012 @ 6:43 am | delete
- Love your poetry! I enjoyed reading this beautiful lens about your love story. =)
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Tipi
Feb 5, 2012 @ 10:27 am | delete
- "I am the tear in my own eye"....oh my Kathy...oh my...miracles do happen and what is meant to be ins meant to be. My heart is blessed for the love that you and Denny share...
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darciefrench
Feb 4, 2012 @ 2:18 pm | delete
- Beautiful love story, really touched the heart :)
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Ruthi
Jan 29, 2012 @ 7:02 pm | delete
- What a fabulous love story as well as life journey for you and Denny. Your paintings are amazing and I especially love Lost At Sea, for I can feel the loss in your artwork.
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JaguarJulie Jan 29, 2012 @ 12:07 pm | delete
- My dear, this is such a heartwarming and encouraging story! Not that long ago, I reached out to my "sort of" high school sweetheart from a lot of years ago. I found him in Ohio as a drama professor at a college. It was interesting to think of that Robert Frost poem about which road we both took.
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goo2eyes
Jan 28, 2012 @ 7:53 pm | delete
- happy valentine's day. this is a moving story.
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tonigrundstrom
Jan 28, 2012 @ 11:07 am | delete
- Great lens. Congratulations on being featured on the Valentine's Day Love Stories.
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