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By Charade Date: 2001 Nov 02 Comment on this Work [[2001.11.02.09.08.2772]] |
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They say that love is blind. And I found out how true that saying is. Last night, I must have looked terrible. My hair needed washing. It was hanging in my face. My barrettes were crooked. I was wearing sneakers and my slip was showing. I had a loud sounding glitter dress on with a stupid long sleeve shirt underneath. I had smudged my mascara from rubbing my eye Hadn't brushed my teeth. My eyes were droopy from lack of sleep. Only slept for one hour, the night before. Talk about a mess. and there we sat, outside the mall. and what did he see when he looked at me ? The cinderella of his dreams. The woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. We had many dress rehearsals before., where I was at my very best all perky and squeeky clean and dressed for the occasion. Where the settings were rank with music, candelight, and mood. But I wasn't ready then. His first proposal was very soon after meeting. I squashed it with cruelty. No, never again....... I love my freedom. Why would I want to give up all this fabulous freedom? The second proposal was met with confusion. It's only a piece of paper....... we would do better to just live together. Don't you think? The third proposal was savored and rolled around in my mind's tongue. I don't know............ maybe.......... maybe............ maybe later..... It's too soon.............................. I am taking no chances this time...... You're scaring me....... The fourth proposal was challenged.... Why should we ??? What advantage does it have ??? Am I crazy..... to even consider this ??? There were no more proposals. Just feelings, and thoughts, and words, and discussions.... but no more proposals...... Until last night.... As we sat in the parking lot of the mall.... With no music, no candlelight, no mood, no romantic setting. But love is blind and saw and felt what it wanted to Love created the glamour and awe and the flicker of lights God himself provided the rest As the full blue moon shone through the windshield and lit up our eyes and painted my face with the necessary glow the subtle hue of moonlight and the little birds that forgot to go south and hung out in the mall trees began to sing nature's own music to us I knew it was coming I could feel it reaching into his pocket the sparkle of the ring hidden briefly in his clasped hand His words were choked and softly spoken with broken held back tears and emotion filled phrases he bathed my heart with the pureness of his soul This time I put my hand in his and let him lead me to his lake and I gently stepped in allowing his gentle waters to touch me cover me and consume me telling me that I was the woman he wanted to spend the remainder of his life with. I could feel the warmth of his words that he had bathed me with many times before but this time was different this time I allowed them to touch me and take me to his world as he gently but firmly slipped the ring on my finger wiggling it slowly as I watched with the moon in my eyes and the glow in my heart After pushing it all the way to the engagement place he looked upward from my finger to my eyes where we remained motionless in intimate lace intercourse of looks sealed with a kiss burning sealing a promise for eternity....................... ~ |