Why would you walk on such a day?
She said, fire in her eyes, then sunk into her bed to stay.
She did not see the beauty out there
She only saw cold damp air.
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Stay their my love if you so care
For he new the woods, hills and lakes repair
She was a simple girl with simple needs
Kiss me, hold me, stay was her plead.
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He was a little more torn, whether to stay in her warm embrace
Or to don on his jacket and stout boots for the chase
Of solitude and time to reflect
A way from her demands for love and sex
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As he turned his back and walked to the door
Her gesture in silence was not for this score.
He was no fool he knew what she did
Her obtuse action had him think her a spoilt kid.
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The sky was grey with rain fill cloud
As he climbed the hill into the shroud
Of wet low mist that masked rocky crags either side.
Foot by foot his sad thoughts subside.
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Into the evergreen woods he climbed
The smell of fresh pine that she had maligned
Filled his senses.
Away from the arguments and defences.
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Up on the ridge passed the aged Saracen stone
He relished the space and being alone.
On a bright day down in the vale
Was a lake that as a boy he would sail
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But the weather was as stormy and unpredictable as his mood
The lake obscured in this misty interlude
He cared not as rain seeped passed collar and down his neck
As he skipped along the rock strewn path and over the beck.
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He pressed on into fine oaks and broad leaf, moving at speed
Sprits lighter, his senses revitalized, freed
She stifled him with her needs
But here the moss covered bark and canopy of leaves relieved
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Two hours passed until he reached the shore
By a crystal clear brook that danced though green rock and sparkled pure
By the side of the lake he stood breathing hard, but refreshed
When he headed out he had been depressed
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Here on his spot, his heart he though contented
And as he looked up the cloud relented
Shards of sunlight split the sky wide
And a vivid rainbow did ride
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It stretched over the hills and into the lake
So calm barely a ripple did it make
There to the left an island in splendid colour
Rays exploding autumn leaves into rich gold fervour
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A rainbow with a pot of gold
So rare you might wait till your old
Before such a sight lightens your eyes
And your heart sings with happy sighs.
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Alas for our poor guy, his heart not quite full
A little something missing so his heart string did pull
Such a wondrous sight as to wash away his cares
But what he yearned for was this scene a soul mate to share.
By Dibs
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