<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=448389" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Draw String</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The curtains in my living room<br>lift and fall<br>gracefully<br>as I pull their strings each day; <br>marking the rise and fall of each<br>season<br>and each day in between- <br>punctuation<br>for the life between you and me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like my skirts<br>they lifted first<br>and fell<br>on our wedding bed<br>on our wedding night-<br>and now gracefully on special nights; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They rose to the realities<br>of married life-<br>fell during our dark times-<br>and ring during the good times<br>with loving making<br>and bedroom laughter.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I cannot<br>each time I draw <br>the strings<br>but marvel<br>at morning light; <br>folding away yet <br>another night<br>with you.<br>.<br>My curtains offer me regularity <br>which is comforting to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I dust them-<br>not often enough<br>worn with the years; </div><div style="margin:10px 0">uplift them<br>for the view of the garden<br>and you coming home<br>over the back fence.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>I draw them each time<br>anticipating<br>magically <br>in doing<br>so <br>you, too, <br>are drawn <br>home<br>to my bosom<br>each day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Watch<br>as I draw<br>this string.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">You'll see: <br>He'll be there</div><div style="margin:10px 0">coming over<br>the back fence; <br>home to me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lonnie+Hicks">Lonnie Hicks</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=448389" data-title="Draw String de Lonnie Hicks" data-description="The curtains in my living room lift and fall gracefully as I pull their strings each day; marking the rise and fall of each season and each day in between- punctuation for the life between you and me. Like my skirts they lifted first and fell o..."></div> </div> </div>

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