I rarely post more than one poem. But today calls for a rest of the story post!
The Rest of the Story
Years went past. Even though I survived, it seemed just when I was moving on, some slurpy teary love song would come on the radio and I would begin to cry. The biggest offender was Same Old Lang Syne by Dan Fogelberg. I’d turn off the radio and then flip it back on and…cry. One day while at a Tai Kwan Do exhibition, I met this man: short, balding, beautiful blue eyes and a wicked one on the sparring floor. Somehow we began to talk and before I knew it, he had charmed me into going out for coffee with him. He was a true Southern boy – soft voice, those eyes, lovely mouth, and like a cat on stainless steel ball bearings on the sparring floor. I remember when he got his black belt. We had been dating awhile and truth be told, I was smitten. But I held back. One day in February – Valentine’s Day to be exact he asked me to come with him to his parents’ home to check on it as they were out of town for a couple of months. He sat me down in the family room and ran upstairs. When he returned, he told me he had something to say to me. I went cold inside. This was the breakup. He went over to the piano and began to chord and to sing. Heaven only knows how long it took him to learn to do this!
“We’re no strangers to love.
You know the rules and so do I…
(chord chord chord).
Heavens! It was Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up. I loved that song! And then he asked me to marry him. It was the first song we danced to at our wedding. I still love that song, Seventeen years later and I still love him.
icy winds blow – sleet
falls – warmth of fireplace and love
inside the home.
May 01, 2017 @ 17:26:39
I am so glad you posted this haibun too Toni. Your husband sounds like an absolute gem and I love your closing haiku, especially – ‘warmth of fireplace and love inside the home’ :o) xxx
May 01, 2017 @ 17:46:21
thank you for writing and sharing this. I am comforted that you found love again. I am misty eyed from reading the words from your heart, it was really beautiful Toni. And the part you said you held back I ached a little for your tender heart, I hope he keeps it safe.
May 01, 2017 @ 21:58:15
This complements your first haibun nicely. I’ve heard the song, but didn’t remember who sang it.
May 01, 2017 @ 22:01:30
Very sweet
May 01, 2017 @ 22:20:42
Thank you
May 02, 2017 @ 07:20:17
I read this one first Toni and glad I did.
May 04, 2017 @ 13:44:04
I am glad you did as well. Then when you read the first one you could just grin.
May 02, 2017 @ 09:12:25
I’m a sucker for a happy ending, Toni! Thank you for cheering me up today!
May 04, 2017 @ 13:43:34
Glad to do it. I am a sucker for a happy ending every time as well
May 02, 2017 @ 11:02:53
Love love LOVE.
May 04, 2017 @ 13:42:57
❤ ❤ ❤
May 02, 2017 @ 12:36:11
Awww…happy endings are so beautiful….fron Dan Fogelberg to Rick Astley is one helluva leap 😉
May 04, 2017 @ 13:42:37
Yeppers. But I am also that kind of a musical leaper. I will go from Nessun Dorma to Stairway to Heaven in a blink.
May 02, 2017 @ 12:52:03
Perfect ending to a sad beginning….
May 04, 2017 @ 13:41:54
🙂
May 03, 2017 @ 16:21:45
I’m so glad you wrote about and posted this sequel! ❤
It's cool that you have a soundtrack to your life. Now you need to write poems about your childhood song, an anniversary and/or birthday song. . .
May 04, 2017 @ 13:41:05
LOL, already done the songs of youth and childhood.
May 04, 2017 @ 13:51:14
Well, there you go. 🙂
(I think you posted the wrong link.)
May 04, 2017 @ 13:56:44
Not sure what you mean by wrong link…..
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May 04, 2017 @ 14:01:47
Sorry. I thought you had sent a link, but then I saw all your replies have it. I guess it just comes up with your reply. 🙂
https://polldaddy.com/js/rating/rating.js
May 04, 2017 @ 14:20:26
Oh. That stupid poll daddy link that always comes up with my replies. I think most people who know me just ignore it knowing I ‘ m not a poll daddy person. I’ve tried deleting it but….
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May 04, 2017 @ 15:07:09
Now I know. 🙂
May 04, 2017 @ 15:39:51
🙂
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