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The Song of Love

June 30, 2023 7 Comments

By Lyra Goga

Two strangers start dancing at the ball, mesmerized by the music and one another’s beauty. They decide to meet tomorrow, no time to waste. Marriage soon follows. The lovestruck husband composes a song for his lovely wife. He sings it at one of the balls, right in front of everyone. She listens, smiling, from their table. Sixty years later, the now-wrinkled man still sings to her. Unlike that famous ball in the past, it is just him and her now, all alone in a modest room. He sings, with tears rolling down his cheeks, and she listens, smiling, from the photograph.

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  1. Patricia Stott-Prince says

    June 30, 2023 at 8:55 am

    awwwww.. how lovely.. you left the punch till the end.. well done.

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  2. Yolanda Joosten says

    June 30, 2023 at 10:09 am

    Beautiful story with a poignant ending.

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  3. Bud says

    July 5, 2023 at 10:57 am

    Very poignant and moving.

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  4. Toni Brayer says

    July 5, 2023 at 5:15 pm

    Smiling from the photograph! Nice.

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  5. Marie says

    July 5, 2023 at 11:01 pm

    Sweet and sad, very nice

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  6. Chetana Vaishnavi says

    July 6, 2023 at 1:40 am

    Very nice. Loved it

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  7. Faith says

    July 6, 2023 at 7:34 am

    Heart wrenching. I could see his tears and felt his loss. Well done.

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