My Lady (Romance) for GWE (Twisted Shorties II)...

Romantique poetry and literature relate pure feeling, to love and being loved

The natural spirit of the imagination sharing transcendental emotions and feelings

My Lady by richard lynn livesay

passion excelled by beauty within

your shadow brushes my heart

as moonlight beckons eternity begins

essence sparkles within spiritual fountains

floating like The Lady of Shalott upon

cleansing waters from crystal mountains

paradise gardens grown for your pleasures

infused aroma of honeysuckle and roses

in flora your fair form seeks its treasures

but in the morn awakes with hair like wire

a pimple upon her nose exposed and lips

like cracked foundations in wilted attire

She groans as a nasty toilet bowl awaits

Dirty dishes in the sink scream, wash me

mopping floors as breakfast boils with hates

and yet, I see my queen aglow upon her throne

smiling as I approach to kiss her soft cheek

and I tell her how lucky I am to call her my own

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Pam Brittain Jan 17, 2013, 5:25pm UTC

Richard I love this work. I swear you can do anything.

I do need a favor though. I need you to email this to me at my regular email address. I think you already have it, but if not, let me know and I'll give it to you. This will make a great addition to our book.

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 17, 2013, 6:23pm UTC

just sent it in e-mail 2 u...should I not post it on Gather? thanks

Pam Brittain Jan 17, 2013, 6:28pm UTC

You didn't need to, but I think it's pretty cool that you did.

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 17, 2013, 6:32pm UTC

thanks, BB

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 17, 2013, 7:45pm UTC

I think I kind of get it now how you want things...I've never been good at following instructions...hope I din't goof up anything...what U changed is good

Pam Brittain Jan 17, 2013, 8:06pm UTC

You did wonderfully. I'm learning as I'm dealing with people from all over the world that written communication is not the easiest. You will send more, won't you?

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 17, 2013, 8:21pm UTC

O yes...got 4 to go...this is fun

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Betty S. Jan 17, 2013, 6:47pm UTC

This is really a nice poem.. To me it just says love covers all our flaws.

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 17, 2013, 6:58pm UTC

thank you, Betty...yes, we all are just humans, doing the best we can

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Barbara Boden Jan 17, 2013, 7:18pm UTC

What a beautiful poem, Richard. Such lovely sentiments.

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 18, 2013, 12:27pm UTC

apprecciate your comment, Barbara

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ʚϊɞ Carol ʚϊɞ Jan 18, 2013, 10:52am UTC

All in the name of love, you are both lucky to have each other.

Featured at The Surreal Circus.

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 18, 2013, 12:28pm UTC

it works for us both...thanks for the feature, Carol

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Ann Marcaida Jan 18, 2013, 11:53am UTC

One of the best descriptions I've seen of the nasty drudgery of cleaning!

Thanks for sharing with Gather's Luminous Writers and Artists. Featured.

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 18, 2013, 12:30pm UTC

as many know, marriage isn't always clean and happy ever after, huh?

Ann Marcaida Jan 18, 2013, 12:41pm UTC

It seems that men are the ones who mess up toilets and women are the ones who clean them. It's sort of an unwritten law, as far as I can tell.

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 18, 2013, 12:59pm UTC

that is most likely...but this morning I cleaned bathtub, toliet and sink and floor...so I broke the law..Ha...I agree that most men have a higher tollerance for dirty than women ...not sure if this is inbreed or learned

Ann Marcaida Jan 18, 2013, 1:20pm UTC

You guys are supposed to go out and hunt. We women are supposed to "keep the yard swept." (Quote from Precious Ramotswe of Botswana, one of my favorite fictional characters).

Charles Ashurst Jan 18, 2013, 1:20pm UTC

higher tollerance for dirty

There it is. It applies to the dorm. It applies to the house.

For whatever reason, then as now, that person with the lowest tolerance for dirty has been I.

On the upside, for me, drudgery seems to be an antidote to depression. It's almost like a vitamin. I seem to need a certain amount of drudgery just to keep on an even keel.

I hope this doesn't come across as sexist, but you know what I think might have saved Marilyn Monroe's life? Some house cleaning.

Ann Marcaida Jan 18, 2013, 1:48pm UTC

A man who likes to clean is very sexy, Charles.

Richard Lynn Livesay Jan 18, 2013, 2:46pm UTC

I think the Budhist saying is, chop wood, haul water....mmm I'd rather do that than clean toliet, vaccumn floor. Ann, I think you're right, there is something about a man working outside rather than inside....but if I get sexier washing dishes, I guess that's a good trade off

Granny Janny Jan 18, 2013, 7:13pm UTC

You can come wash my dishes anytime, Richard!

Charles Ashurst Jan 19, 2013, 10:54am UTC

I hope this doesn't come across as immodest, Ann, but there's more than one reason I'm known as the amazing Charlie.

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Charles Ashurst Jan 18, 2013, 1:05pm UTC

A man after me own heart.

I like to think of a vacuum cleaner as a power tool.

The above just begs to sung in a song.

Janey M. Jan 18, 2013, 4:14pm UTC

Ironic, I just watched a video where a man helps his daughter get ready for school by using a vacuum cleaner to gather her hair and then he slides the pony tail on... I thought- how crazy! And then i read your comment bout vacuums as power tools and it all makes sense! Ha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHf_DvPUHOY

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