Words Seldom Used.......L

Words Seldom Used…..L

For my birthday in 2013, I bought myself Websters Unabridged Dictionary. My love teased me as I called it ‘word porn’ but she understood. For her birthday in 2014 I used that book to create a gift for her. She recently passed and I just uncovered these poems.

I took each letter of her name and went through that letter in my dictionary and wrote down words that I didn’t know, that reminded me in some way of her or us. I meditated on those words until I created a poem from them. As I finished each poem, I repeated the steps with the next letter of her name, completing each one in its entirety before beginning the next. As I reread them now, I recall every step and how I told her I was working on a ‘secret project’. She teased me again.

I am happy to say that she was nearly speechless as for the five days leading up to her birthday, I revealed one at a time to her, spelling out her name. If you knew her, you’d understand what her being speechless meant.

I’m going to share them here as a series, starting with the letter L. I will include the words and definitions that sparked each piece.

Lachesis:  the fate who determines the length of the thread of life.

Lachrymal:  of or pertaining to tears;  producing tears.

Labellum:  the petal of an orchid that differs more or less from the other petals often forming the most    conspicuous parts.

 Lachesis and The Lachrymal Labellum

She was a beauty like none seen before

singular and refined in her oneness.

She. like the single petal,

unlike any other on the stem.

She, the labellum, outstanding

differing in content and form.

She, most certainly conspicuous,

standing out on her own.

Her angelic stature and features

markedly striking a tone.

Heart strings struck nearly instantly

this beauty drawing me in.

Intensely, sensual creature

affecting every part of my soul.

Lachrymal explosion

pouring over me.

Although Lachesis holds the thread

that weaves the loom of our time.

I know that she has become my fate

my forever, forever mine.

7.3.14

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