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Doubled-sonnet, extended coda couplet

(a) ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

              (b) HIHI JKJK LMLM NN

                            (coda) OPPO QRQR STST





       I went walking again in the wood,

      on another day of quiet loneliness.

        I went not seeking bad or good;

   I was just lonely, in my usual emptiness.



          I went walking there because I knew

          I was feeling the old, usual needs.

            I went there because I also knew

            that the wood would fill my needs.



         But I did not know how, or when, or why;

       I simply KNEW what I needed; I hoped to find

      another who had a Muse, like mine, standing by,

       as mine does, keeping gentleness in the mind.



          (What part of Mind does Muse inhabit?

           What sort of Pain do Lovers inherit?)





      Those thoughts in front of me suddenly flew up,

      like a startled, hidden, white dove. It flashed,

        surprising in its unexpectedness, so abrupt!

   A whelming chill o'er my heart told me I'd been blessed.



       Such gracefulness!, wonderous rush of emotion!

     It was like watching my thoughts of you, my Dear!

     Such Grace and Loveliness and Life, in slo-motion!

   I captured the answer in my heart and mind, right here!



              "Heaven has not yet passed us by!

              It is always right here, imminent!

            Each joy we smile, or every tear we cry

           is part of God's Plan for each incident!"



             (The answer came, and it always shows,

             as proof that Love is how Life grows.)



Coda:

Will we meet together, anywhere, again?

I play that Dove-presence over and over.

Our true closeness, sole-friend, soul-lover.

I hear in mind, Love-laughter's sweet strain.



And all the while

   I am remembering you,

        the closeness and scent of you,

            Your every single word and smile.



Anything we had ever done

    while we were one together

         is Love's monument beyond stone:

              "Our love is always and forever."