This love dance between a husband and his wife is sacred, and so it is not mine alone to define each step.
So today I will not tell you what record he placed on the ancient player, but he knew it was the very one I’d love. The crooner singing with a glint in his voice, from another place and time and just right for this one, too.
I will not tell you exactly how he drew me to him, though I may share how he created a cocoon flickering light and that he folded the blanket at its edge into a triangle and triangles always remind me of the one who knows at the point, holding us leaning sides together.
I cannot tell you exactly how he looked at me for that is our moment, but I will say those brown eyes that have laid eyes on me since I was barely 18 revealed another layer of confident and adoring knowing, more than we were capable of in our youth.
I may tell you some of the way he wrapped his arms around me and led me across the floor because he knows how much I love to dance. The way he cupped my cheek and breathed I love you.
And we were bare and seen. Loved in the blessed call and response of years with all those steps that are only ours to know.
Joining up again today with the Five Minute Friday community of friends over at Lisa-Jo‘s. Today began with the prompt: BARE.
Connecting through the power of stories written, spoken and lived
Love. The way you express it here is so sincere and magical and intimate. It feels like this scene is out of a dream. thank you.
Love this. The imagery is breathtaking. Thank you for sharing.
Oh Ashley, this shimmers with beauty. It is just the right blend of giving and restraint, for you are right, most of this is not ours to behold. Thanking God for the beauty of love that dives deep and wide. Just Beautiful.
I think tears have never sprung from my eyes more spontaneously from beholding beauty than they did this morning. I cannot say (because I haven’t words worthy) how heavenly beautiful this is!!! My heart is overflowing.
Pure poetry friend. Simply beautiful. Thank you for sharing this moment with us. Blessings.
Wendy, grateful for your presence here. It’s really a gift.
you have such a gift for creating pictures with your words. Thank you for an intimate look at love and life with your soul mate. I’m so glad I stopped by from FMF.
Osheta, thank you for joining me here. I am so glad to “meet” you! What a gift the FMF community has been to me. Blessings to you!
Beautiful. Simply beautiful.
Ashley, that was so incredibly beautiful. I don’t even know what else to say, except to echo the words of everyone else here. Pure poetry and simply beautiful indeed.
Thank you, Tanya! Grateful to connect with you here through FMF. Thank you so much for your words…I appreciate them immensely.
So beautiful!!!
Such beauty here!
Thank you for coming on over, Barbie. I really appreciate your visit.
Beautiful! Be blessed:)
I love the mystery here, friend, and the revealing of a love that has peeled back layer after layer in all the years that you have known each other. The gradual, deeper knowing. It is pure and magical and hopeful. Love you.
Hi Ashley
What a lucky guy! And I am sure you spend lots of those special moments together still, those intimate moments that only the two of you can understand!
Much love
Mia
Beautiful description of a loving relationship.
Thanks,
Blessings,
Janis http://www.janiscox.com
Thank you, Janis! So great to “meet” you here.
All that is intimate and holy and set apart is expressed here.
Such a great reminder of all the pleasure and joy there is to be had in a loving giving marriage.
Cheers,
Leah
I feel a little like a peeping-Tom here, but this is marital love at its best and so blessed by the Lord! Lovely : )
I love this Ashley. My mind was a bit on marriage with this word also. I love all the beauty and intimacy in this post. It feels like a majestic love affair.
Beautifully written post! Poetic.
I held my breath through the whole reading… so much love, so much true, deep and abiding love! It reminds me that I married a man much the same… who loves, deeply and completely. Such graceful words friend.
Wow. What a gift, what grace, these men who can love deeply and completely. Thank you, Tonya.