A Beautiful Mess

A Beautiful Mess
(a poem for the man who owns my heart)

i have given you
several no’s,
persistent you
just let love show.

now it’s my turn
to let you know,
i won’t go stern
or even slow,

i don’t regret
that I said yes,
the love you set’s
a beautiful mess.

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©2016 Rosemawrites@A Reading Writer. All Rights Reserved.

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Happy birthday to my dearest.

Thank you for almost six years of a beautiful mess. ❤

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Writing Wells: People Behind My Words

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ― Louis L’Amour

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My mind’s once a desert,
barren and wordless,
until it found its oasis,
with these writing wells:

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Personal and Lists Posts

Maya Angelou

Inspiration for: Agony (first post) and Ending Agony.

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Mitch Albom

Inspiration for: Dear Mitch Albom: A Ronsardian Ode*, Top Ten Quotes I Loved From The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto by Mitch Albom, Things I’ve Learned from Mitch Albom.

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Nicholas Sparks

Inspiration for: Ten Books to Read if you Love Nicholas Sparks, The Best Novels of Nicholas Sparks Part 1 and Part 2.

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Fiction and Poetry

Jason Mraz

 

Inspiration for: First Time, My Soul Sings, Fixer.

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Sara Bareilles

Inspiration for: Seasons: Epilogue (last part of my FIRST-ever fiction), Used To Be Mine, City Lights, Sweet Sun.

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My Family

Inspiration for: To my cook, hair cutter and one and only driver, Nanay, Mother’s Choices, First Forever, Stead, Rainbow Roof, Six Sibs.

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My Bestfriends

Inspiration for: Soulmates.

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My Dearest

Inspiration for: Dearest, First Poem, A Senryu for MJ, Conversations, One, The Vow, Taught.

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The Great Book of Lists by La duchesse d’Erat

Chapter 5.1– People Who Inspired You

Thank you for a thought-inducing prompt, Jartagnan! And for hosting this awesome list,  Laduchessederat! ❤

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