Inspiration for the Spirit

A lovely place to wander for poetry and inspiration to soothe the soul

  • Home
  • About
  • Poetry
  • Essays
  • Inspiration
  • Quotes
  • Reflections
  • Guestbook
  • Archives
Home / Christine Magee / Another Year

Another Year

by Christine Magee

lady in blueI have smiled at all the right times,
a broad smile, not clipped,
and my jaw aches;
but my heart aches more.
This is another year of loving you,
of waking up without you beside me,
one hand reaching out for a sleepy head
forgetting a dream is only a dream.
I imagine you touching this same moment
and its emptiness. If you look
between us and the farthest star,
you will see the impossible.
Every morning, when you let go
of my hand to drop me
from the darkness
into another day,
I know you don’t turn
and go away easily
but sometimes
stay a while longer.
And when you look down
on me from a dream,
they are your tears
that fall down my face.

Copyright © Christine Magee • All rights reserved.
Painting: “Blue” by Wesley Dallas Merritt, original watercolor, 2010.

You might also like

When you, that at this moment are to me
No Victory
Ashes of Life
Crazeee Daze

Filed under grief & sadness, love lost.

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

The Poetry Pages

My Poems
Classic Poets
Selected Poems
Classic Love Poems
Zen Poetry, Haiku, and Wisdom
Sitem♥p
book and blue flowers

Guest Poets

  • Oriah Mountain Dreamer
  • Terry Stephen Driscoll
  • Dennis Janke
  • Christine Magee
  • Carrie Ryman
  • Tom Schmidt
  • Susan Dane Setin

"What makes you a poet is a gift for language, an ability to see into the heart of things"—Erica Jong

Featured Poem

pensive ballerinas

Taffeta Torn Through

By Susan Dane Setin

We look for strong arms
to carry us. None forthcoming.
Or they come and go and
leave us more depleted in the going.
We look to find ourselves in the other,
always turning ’round the other
in pink taffeta, little girl pirouettes,
all grown up and still
twirling for him, as if some coyness
could suffice the long road … Read more
Venice
lamplight on snowy night
tea party on a cupcake
carousel

Explore and Enjoy

aging art autumn being female children compassion courage death divorce encouragement family father flowers forgiveness friendship grief & sadness happiness hope inner peace inspiring life living loneliness love love lost loving yourself marriage mindful living mother mountains music Native American people places positive attitude poverty quotes relationships sex & sexuality simple pleasures solitude spirit spring winter writing

Inspiration for the Spirit EST 2002 • Copyright © 2023 Patricia Petro • LOGIN

»
«