Feather Quill

A Love Story

A spring eve, dear Dan asked me,
About the thing I treasure best,
"What lay wreathed, Nanny,
In this small wooden chest."
Mind meddled by memories,
For more than a second or so.
I looked at the chest,
Old the sparks it does show.

Decided to disclose,
I looked at Dan's eyes.
What an iridescent iris,
That one day, it did revise.
I unfastened the knot,
"Dried Roses?" he asked,
"Who gave them to you Nanny?"
"One old Dan", I unmasked.

His lil' face lit lambent,
As he heard his name.
"I want to see him!", he shrieked.
I took a picture from the box same.
"Tell 'bout him and all inside!
Where is he? Was he your love?"
I peeked inside, a ring left,
"My first. Now in heavens above."

"I turned sixteen then,
On an auspicious day.
He said he had a gift
And led to a valley's way.
A sweet place, under the pink tree.
He took two rings, lovely and fine.
He questioned straight into my eyes,
'Will you forever be mine?'

'Will you love me forever.', I asked,
His answer confirm our unity,
'I'll love you more than infinity,
And if time permits, till eternity.'
'I'll be yours forever', I told him,
He bound my heart with one ring,
And I bound his soul with the other,
A beautiful song we hoped to sing."

"With him in my life,
Not a second I'd miss.
Fingers Interlocked,
For the very first kiss.
There was a clarion sound,
I took for our celebration.
Of the kiss a moment ago.
But it was a war in our nation."

"A huge ball of metal hit him,
Causing him fall to the ground.
I looked out for help,
But nobody around.
I was afraid of losing,
Losing my years of love,
Losing my only hope,
Losing my life. Losing him."

'Here, I brought you these too.',
He uttered his voice weak and low.
Those were beautiful red roses,
'Remember me after if I go'
'Wake up! Don't leave me.',
I pleaded and cried.
His face turned pale,
On my lap he died."

I stopped the tale,
No more he could hear,
As lil Dan's eyes,
Already shed a tear.
He would have been here,
And my love not stolen.
Only if that war,
Hadn't befallen.

Sharon Mathew