Love Compressed

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LOVE COMPRESSED

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My father was a quiet man whose passion

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lay supremely hid behind a manner mild.

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My mother’s touch caused love to soar

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But then he shed tears fierce and wild.

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He was just past forty when they married

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and not much past fifty when she died.

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Their love compressed into so short a time

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Grew strong, distilled to essence, intensified.

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Not yet twenty-five, she spoke the vows of trust.

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It did not count--age not on their side--

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that days were meager they had to live together.

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Prophets of long and happy life had lied.

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I am the only issue of their precious love.

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I carry blessings of their life and vow.

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It gives me strength to know they valued me.

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I reap the harvest of their love till now.

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