In Praise of Old Lovers

© 2020 Norman Stolpe

I wish for all you young lovers

Fruitful passion, mature and ripe.

The welcome wine of old lovers

Whose  arms wrapped round ages of grief.

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Sing, yes sing, of old lovers - 

Radiant stars shine in the world.

I wish for all you young lovers

Serendipities outstriping your dreams

Love grown old enough for savoring

Abundant feast from Delight Mountain.

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Sing, yes sing, of old lovers -

Radiant stars shine in the world.

I wish for all of us old lovers

To treasure all the twists and turns

Adventures that we could neither

Prepare for nor even imagine.

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Sing, yes sing, of old lovers - 

Radiant stars shine in the world.

I wish for all us old lovers

As we are walking hand in hand

To nourish and sustain each other

On our last journey in this land.

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Lovers together young and old

Shine as radiant stars in the world.

Lovers together, old  and young

With arms and hearts linked together

So none of us will walk alone,

But singing and dancing together. 

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Sing, yes sing, of old lovers - 

Radiant stars shine in the world.