Eating is a language

We all learn to speak
Some call it fueling
Others say it’s eat
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Ting-ting goes the fork
Against the plate to lift
Into our mouths goes food
Or emotions from which to sift
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Through the love, hate
And maybe even some tears
Some mild disappointments
Disillusions and small fears
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About the future
What my life would be like
If I’d only waited to wed
Instead of having this life
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In which I’ve settled into
Cause I had no time to wait
For God was taking too long
The waiting’s what I hated
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Watching “friends” get hitched
Have a wedding if you will
I wanted a wedding too
I wanted to foot the bill
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Of a gown, veil, shoes
And a big cake too
Well in retrospect now
That’s what we’d all choose
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For ourselves for that day
Marriage for a Wedding’s sake
They all ended in horror
For only God can make
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A union of two souls
Becoming one as one weds
For marriage is more than a dress
Way more than a bed
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Undefiled is what marriage is
For the bible said so
Be sure He’s doing the joining
So together you won’t go
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On your own
Making decisions for yourselves
It won’t be pulled asunder
By you, him or anyone else’s
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Efforts – So you can see now
Why the food tastes so sweet
A sutle hint of bitterness
Everytime you eat
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From someone’s cooking
Prepared meals of the heart
Close your eyes and listen
Taste their soul, the speaking part
dorothy’s page © 2020 D. E. Young
A poignant poem! Love is not found on schedule or in a hurry.
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Agreed. Thank you
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You’re welcome 😉
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Oh, this is deep! I need to reread it several times to get it all! But, I am so glad 58 years ago that in fact, I did listen to my heart and hear/taste the speaking part of his soul .. and His, too! I was not pulled asunder, but heaven knows the Devil tried!
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Thank you Jan.❤
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Dorothy, this poem brings so much truth about love and marriage into the light. God’s peace will carry us forward.
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Yes. Thank you for stopping by.
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