I want...

This blog post has bee

n written by someone very dear to my heart. 

Whilst it wasn't originally intended to he used this way, I think it fits very nicely under the "tender" banner.  

After a little begging I'm allowed to post it. I understand her initial apprehension, the closest she's come to blogging is updating her Facebook status. 

The thing I love most about it is the fact that in just a few paragraphs you get to completely understand how someone is feeling.  It blows my mind to think that someone feels that way about me. 

She's a keeper & I'm in the keeping business. 

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I want to slowly open my eyes, gently blinking as I wake to find your sweetly sleeping face inches from mine.

I want to notice how, in the course of the night, we've only moved inches from where we fell asleep. 

Perhaps we've drifted away from each other at various points, sure, but our unconscious desire to be close leads us to reach out in the night, finding one another with gentle fingertips, defining the curves of our bodies while feeling soft skin beneath. 

I want to lie still for at least a single perfect moment, thinking of nothing else but how lucky I am that you're mine. 

I want to slide my legs between yours while slipping my hand gently over your body. I note how you instinctively slip your arms around me, pulling me closer. 

My head lies on your chest and I close my eyes as I slip sweetly back to sleep, safe in your arms...

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He kept her picture in his pocket that was closest to his heart

I recently visited Normandy with a good friend. I'd wanted to visit
for some time, I'm a history geek of sorts & I blame my interest on my
grandfather's involvement in WW2.

One of the things I liked most is that outside of the large towns
Normandy doesn't look as though it's changed much in over 65 years.
It's a strange mix of being eerie & completely peaceful at the same
time.

One of the places we visited was Utah Beach near Pouppeville. As you
stand there looking out at the beach it's hard to fathom that Aliied
forces managed to land over 23,000 men & 1700 vehicles in a single day
whilst sustaining relatively few casualties (197) in comparison to
some of the other D-Day landing beaches.

Over 425,000 Allied and German troops were killed, wounded or went
missing during the Battle of Normandy

Whilst looking out I was reminded of a song called "Houses On The
Hill" by Whiskeytown

"Eisenhower sent him to war, he kept her picture in his pocket
that was closest to his heart and when he hit shore it must have been
a target for the gunner-men"

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The Bubble

In shadows we share a soft embrace,
we lay together face to face.

Our dialogue formed from looks & smirks,
we speak without the need for words.

Our entwined hearts beat soft & low,
we breathe in time, deep & slow.

This bubble of ours, a safe retreat,
we make a whole, a love complete.

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