Stop time.

I would pick the exact time you decided to stay.
And then, we would be able to stay just like that
Forever.

On misty recalled mornings
  'pon a haze of vindication's wake
  you can still hear their whispers
    echoing through distressed treetops,
they were lovingly planted midst
         meadow's wildflower embrace
    gazing into the depths of surmise,
         planning their rendezvous to forever*

when her husband abruptly surprised them
      with a double blunderbuss shotgun blast,
            right between their cheating hearts

   ~ *if you listen intently, their spirits
               linger still amid bluff's bluster

Shadows sliding down,
Enshrouding the mountainside,
Heralding day's end

It took Henry Wadsworth Longfellow nearly five years to complete his famous work, " Song of Hiawatha." That's a lot of wadded up parchment paper!

riddle: June 15, 2015

It was a new year, I made a promise
And I can proudly say I kept it