Love Poem: Life In Slow Motion
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Written by: Tony Bush

Life In Slow Motion

Inch by inch and frame by frame 
Slides spin and flip in light and dark, 
Pass before the moist-eyed filter, 
Snapshot memories creeping by. 
In wordless modes I mouth his name 
And visualise pushchairs in the park, 
Feel the world tilt out of kilter 
As tears skew each mourning eye. 

An hour times five or fifty years, 
It matters not the length or span 
Endured being of my creation, 
Love of woman or wife. 
The seconds, endless souvenirs, 
A sweet slow motion caravan 
Through desert dreams with affirmation: 
Love is love and life is life. 

So much I love, so much I miss 
The joy of he who would be mine 
If not for random happenstance, 
The fate that I bemoan. 
Yet I have learned to live with this, 
My grief with fellow stars align 
And for these others' circumstance 
I do not cry alone...