Love can do strange things to a man. It can inspire ordinary men to do extraordinary feats. Roy, not known for poetry, book reports or FFA essays wrote the following Sunday afternoon after he came home from church:
Captivating
Beauty
(Written for Joni after our first
date)
Her incomparable
beauty redirected swarms of honey bees toward her
Forget ‘launching
a thousand ships, her smile caused ten times that many to remain in port in hopes of just getting a glimpse of her smile
Sun flowers preferred
her radiance rather than timeless old Sol
Zephyrs and wisps
serve as anointed messengers of her alluring scent
Teenage boys
ceased dreaming of homers and touchdowns and wondered if she had any
head-turning sisters at home
The
faltering eyes of old men rapidly flipped old calendars when she passed
Moms worried
their sons would think of her as an angel that fell from heaven
Her hypnotic
beautiful essence made dictionaries and thesauruses obsolete
Greeks never
met her yet fashioned her perfectly in smooth Aegean marble
Bible
scholars reexamined re-incarnation when they saw her---Eve alive again
To see her
arresting summation of all things perfect brought a serene peace
She was
indeed the model of all things profoundly heart-stopping in the flesh
Some women
start fights, her beauty sheathed the swords of all combatants
---An Unapologetic Smitten Roy Wilson
He read and re-read his poem about Joni. He said out loud, "Did I really write that?"
Now, he had to figure out the time and place to give it to the most wonderful woman in all of the world.
He read and re-read his poem about Joni. He said out loud, "Did I really write that?"
Now, he had to figure out the time and place to give it to the most wonderful woman in all of the world.
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