7.19.2012

this ole heart

Clean sheets on the same old bed
   Nascent leap in the same old gut
           Wild pulse 
       in the same old heart
Here's the joint for us to start
    this ole heart
Wond'rous 
     in the same old dreams
        My old heart there 
                     in your hands
  How can you be my same old friend?
Posted by Marian at 7:44 PM
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24 comments:

  2. It can be, and that is the wonder of it.

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  4. I hestiate to tell you that I hear Rod Stewart in my head now...(SORRY, pop music has ruined me)

    but I love this, so perfect in it's simplicity, the comfort of home and heart and love.

    xo

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  6. People and things
    That remember you well
    Never get old

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  7. Comfort means something or someone's shelter is always hospitable. As long as their heart matches yours in warm, they'll always be that way.

    This was gorgeous.

    I thought Joni Mitchell not Rod Stewart

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  8. I won't date myself by telling you this reminds me of a song from the 30s, but...

    This is lovely, definitely worth reposting for Real Toads, and glad you did, or I would not have found the poem, let alone your blog! Great stuff. Peace, Amy

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  9. A very fun poem, wonderful swing to it. k.

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  10. change is not always good, what we know (and what knows us) is often best.

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  11. The man answers:

    I DO LOVE YOU

    The same old bed. Your hands in mine.
    The same old hands. The bottom line.
    The same old bottom line. Enough.
    By you forever new and tough!

    By you forever new and some.
    The same old some. And coming home.
    The same old home. And always new
    are you, my love. I do love you!

    (✿◠‿◠)

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    1. i do love you back, thanks for this!

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  12. A song of love that continues with the same heat with which it began. Beautiful

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  13. Familiarity, in this case, breeds contentment. Not like Meatloaf's family (speaking of pop music). When he comes home at night, his kids say: "Oh no...not MEATLOAF again!"

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  14. beautiful expression of time-tested love.loved the rhymes.

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  15. "Nascent leap in the same old gut" ... This is a great line. A variation of "butterflies in my stomach."

    This poem could certainly be about a couple who has been together for a long time, still friends and excited lovers. And they're amazed by that.

    But I think it's also possible that this is about older people who have been friends for years and are just now experimenting with a physical and romantic relationship. Perhaps they've gone through divorces or loss of spouses. But I'm wondering if they're in bed together for the first time. "Here's the joint for us to start" ... And maybe starting something brand new (not just a joint, but a joint relationship). :)

    But it's probably about a married couple that's been together for decades.

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    1. hah! i so appreciate all of these scenarios. you pick!

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  16. Simply very kewl, no need to overcomplicate

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  17. thanks, pals... i'm just giggling about all these comments. yep, not complicated. UNLESS YOU WANNA MAKE IT COMPLICATED THEN IT'S ALL COOL. :)

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  18. I love what is the same in your descending lines and also what is different. You have a remarkable (and unique) way of describing relationships in poetry. I'm always in awe.

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  19. This is lovely, Marian, it truly is.
    K

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