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Rated: E · Poetry · Romance/Love · #2337837
Mixed emotions found languishing in a drawer after a quarter of a century.
Celtic Memories

On a mild October afternoon,
Irish melodies fill my head.
         Penny whistles and violins
         Sound like mournful birdsong,
                   While the hammered dulcimer and harp
                   Conjure sweet, melancholy memories
                             Of another October evening,
                                       long ago,
                             As I watched a handsome Cavalier
                                       and a Faerie Queen,
                             Exchange wedding vows in a moonlit glade,
                                       In a cathedral of soaring pines
                                                 and starlight.
                             The knight in shining armor
                                       had chosen someone else,
                             Yet, I truly wished them
                                       endless happiness
                             As I wept for joy
                                       and misery
                                                 in equal measure.

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