Love Poem: No Looking Back, M'Lady
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Written by: Reason A. Poteet

No Looking Back, M'Lady

No looking back, m'lady.
to the long days spent in that garden. 
No looking back on the labors of love --	
watering and pruning and waiting.
You remember the vibrant smell
of un-cut lilacs on the bush.

You are no longer a lady in waiting.
For he has chosen you to
replace his first love.
Wearing now her fine clothes
which you helped fashion into their loveliness.
Do not be ill-at-ease.

Recalling how often on your knees
you polished this very same floor to perfection.
Be reminded of your new task.
Your new calling - you must make of him
the man he never was, the man he can be.
No looking back, m'lady.


written 3/21/2013

entered in Love is the Answer, contest by Lu Loo