And We Sail On
These memories,
gowned in blue, where the sun
tosses her honeyed locks and smiles?
All a dream of moon-mist and fiddles?
No, you gave me chocolates
wrapped in love. I gave you words
that bloom like roses, scenting
a summer night. Lingering
like the final notes of a symphony,
carried in both head and heart,
if we let them. Still water and shining sea.
All the light shadowing time—
and we sail on.
The Oracle made me work for this one! Today is my husband’s birthday. I couldn’t write a poem that was sad or angry, as some of her words suggested, but she also kept giving me chocolate and rose and smell. . .
Yesterday and today: Merril's historical musings 
What a beautiful poem for you husband. Happy birthday Doug!
Thank you so much, Dale! 😊
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Happy Birthday, Doug! Chocolates, roses, and WORDS, the perfect offering, Merril!
Thank you very much, Marian! 😊
This is a lovely poem, replete with wonderful messages. Happy birthday to your hubby.
Thank you so much, Lamittan. 😊
Happy birthday to your husband! Your verse is a lovely gift to love.
Your last stanza leads into mine I think. And your Redon also reflects my words as well. (K)
Thank you very much.
Oh, you’re right about the last stanza, and the Redon, too!
Beautiful, Merril.
Thank you so much, Patricia. 😊
Happy Birthday to your husband. What a lot of February birthdays you have.
Thank you, Patricia!
We do. 💙
I love the circular nature of this piece and its timely feeling. ❤
Thank you very much! 💙
What a beautiful love poem for your husband’s birthday! He must be thrilled!!
Thank you so much, Liz.
He liked it. 😊
You’re welcome, Merril. 🙂
This is just beautiful!
Thank you very much!
It’s funny, we share the ship image and the memory, and I didn’t get either the word ‘ship’ or ‘memory’. Usually I get ‘rose’ but didn’t this time. The Oracle knew you needed them for your celebrations 🙂
Thank you.
That’s funny about ship and memory. I don’t think I had either word, but I did have rose, and many of the others. 🙂
I hope you had a lovely day, or are still having one 🙂
Thank you! Sort of low key, but we’ve been doing things on other days.
Low key is my style anyway 🙂
Btw, I got a security warning message when I went to the text-editor site for the words, so I guess that’s finished.
Uh oh! What kind of security warning?
“Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to Anytexteditor.com.” Risk of password etc theft.
Yikes! All the times I’ve been on that site. . .
I think it must have been compromised during the last week. Firefox would have signalled it before if there’d been a problem.
Good point, but still sad and troubling.
The internet is a very scarier place for people (and kids) who wander off the beaten tracks.
It’s scary even on the well-trod tracks.
Even the mainstream social media like Twitter. You can expect a pile-on if you even agree with a tweet that ‘upsets’ certain groups. Very hostile. Brings out the aggressive streak in a lot of people.
Yes, true.
So unbelievably beautiful, Merril. I hope your husband fell in love with you all over again. ❤
What a lovely comment! Thank you so much! 💙
Such a fine birthday tribute for your husband. Immediately apparent as an ode to lasting love, even before you told us.
Thank you so much, Derrick! 💙
Very appropriate for the birthday of a partner ❤️
Thank you, Ingrid. 😊
I get a deep rich feeling from this poem
I like the way it feels, a lot. Thank you, Merril!
Happy belated birthday to your husband!
Thank you so much, Resa! 💙