Bitter Sweet Memories Magical mirror upon the wall. As I look into you I hear a whisper call. Right through this marvelous mirror I did fall. Right before my very eyes he stood so handsome and tall. With the most luminous eyes with such a mystical hue. So very enchanting in such a soft midnight blue. He I had seen before this I knew for in a dream I had dreamt many years before. And now I stand before him on rocks that seem to have a glow. In such a bewitching land where time seems so slow. He holds me close and kisses my face with lips as cold as snow. He tells me he is mine and I am his to forever hold. I can feel his death inside but I love him so is all I know. Upon his shoulder stood a bewildered black crow. With these piercing gold eyes glaring up at me. I could feel such a longing just to be set free. As in my mind I began to wander is this real? Oh but how can this be? Such a captivating place I never wanted to leave but felt I should flee. Salty tears fill my eyes as I fall to my knee. This man I have known before began to make a plea. He ever so gently picks me up and says he loves only me . Now the time has come when I would have to leave. For he my love had passed away so many years ago. And the memories of he and I hidden deep within. Would now slowly once again begin to flow. And he my true love I would once again come to know. But he I would no longer be able to ever touch or hold. I felt as though I were falling into an enchanting sleep. As I heard my beloved ever so softly begin to speak. Our love close to your heart you will once again keep. And suddenly I awoke to the sound of a lowly crow. Who had perched himself right outside my bedroom window. As bitter sweet memories filled my head I then began to weep. For I had hit my lace covered head that soon turned from white to red. I looked as through I were dead falling into the iced over water below. He had tried to save his bride jumping in head first he did go. Pushing my lifeless body towards the shore. My face covered in cold wet lace I looked as though I were asleep. As the relentless and swelling waters he was in became just way to deep. As my one true love tried with all his might. He just could not win this terribly horrid fight to a vengeful river my one true love lost his life. And now me with my memories within a looming mind feel so alone. Stuck within the gloom of these four walls of my bedroom. When I realized my Jasper lee my one true love did come to me. Within the morning mist in the form of a black crow. As this same crow has set outside my window each and everyday for the past week. Piercing eyes staring in at me as if beckoning me to follow. Should I dare to go towards that darkening and daunting holler. As the inner morsels of my mind began to ponder within thoughts and memories. Oh how I am filled with splendor as I begin to remember. Seeing him standing so tall and proud in his suit of confederate Gray. My handsome Lieutenant Jasper Lee Coffey in the sixth infantry. And upon that very day his short life was taken away on that horrid but special wedding day. For now I am denied the truest of love that was only mine. For the magic of making love is a feeling I will have never known. Because with our I dos our hearts became one as they intertwined. And with you into the icy river is now where my heart belongs. Now all alone shattered all about with doubt I will ever heal. For this love for you that I hold, for another I could never feel. As it has now dawned upon me that he could never be at peace. For he knew our beautiful memories my heart could never feast. For when I struck my bridal head my memories along with you were dead. Therefore towards Heavens light my dearest could never go. Oh how I remember how he with just a smile could light the stars within mine eyes. And make the beat of this young girls heart flutter so. How I longed to feel him next to me upon the bed with his two hand he had made special just for me. The most beautiful mahogany bed mine eyes had ever seen with twisted spindles as high as could be a gift just for me. As thoughts fill my mind of what would have been our first time as through the window moonbeams cascade over you and me. Yet now you are bestowed unto me as a descolent soul within a blackened crow. With in these burning embers of bitter sweet memories I cant bear to let you go. But to a mysterious crow this love I feel how could I ever show? And this crow how can I follow to the place we said our vows upon that boulder next to the vile river where you with my heart do lay. Now how can I visit this place we once loved and I now hate? Where your father and mother Able and Sarah Coffey did carve a beautiful poem upon that mighty stone that I fell from to honor you. Heaven Bound Dear Angels up in Heaven so high Who are with God our father up in the sky Please swoop down low to depths below This massive water so frigid and full of grief Upon a lonely wet bed where our son does sleep And please swaddle with warmth our one and only child Within the down of your flossy soft ivory wings Wrap his cold lifeless body within your loving arms Take him to our Heavenly father who dwells up above Where we to will someday knell at Gods glorious feet Many times before I had read this poem but I could not understand what I had lost within. Until the mirror in my dream showed me and now I have what may be only an illusion of you within a beautiful black crow. And now within my loneliness I feel I must set your soul free. But how can I find peace as long as my heart beats? As I am trying to sleep I see through my window golden eyes glaring back at me. I went to my window and told the crow I must now set you free for I no longer can sleep. I did promise to him that tomorrow I would wear the white silk and laced dress he loved best and he I would follow. With the morning light dressed all in white I did follow as I had promised. When I reached the boulder mine eyes began to weep. I saw the crow soar up high then swoop down low towards the river so deep. As he came to rest upon the shoulder of my Jasper Lee who then smiled up at me. Upon my cold lips I feel the warmth of his kiss and inside my ear his whisper is so clear as he said to me. I now must go after I give back your heart that has kept me warm and someday in Heaven I will once again hold your hand. And then before mine own two eyes I was surprised to see an Angel being followed by the brightest white light. She took my Jasper Lee by the hand and they slowly began to disappear right in front of me. As my eyes did leak onto my rosy red cheek I blew him a kiss and told him he would be missed. He now waits for me in Heaven where someday we will be together for eternity. Spring Pitts 1/4/2015
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 21:01:49 +0000
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