Just a Matter of Time

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Just a Matter of Time

It was sorcerous how she got there
Touching the stone thinking of a forebear
She was sent way back in time
To a place long before
Finding a love she wished for
Feeling like it was a crime

Living a life two centuries in yesteryear
Forgetting a husband once so dear
A fabulist weaving stories in her head
In the two lives she had dwelt
Once with a Briton and once with a Celt
Would either one believe a shred

Life full of magical fantasy
So far from her reality
A handsome warrior and protector
He had stolen her heart
How could they now ever part
For she had drunk his nectar

Reluctantly one day she returned
But the love she left there was spurned
The present was lost to her forever
The past called her to regress
To the highlands of tartan dress
She vowed to get there whenever

Lifting the hem of her frock
She scrambles up the rock
Stopping at the circle of stones
As she touches the granite
She begins to understand it
Feeling a shiver in her bones

She passes through time
Falling and tumbling in rhyme
Looking for the same track
To that time of long ago
Where she had dared to go
Now wishing to go back

Would he still be waiting there
Or would he forswear
Rejecting her devotion
Could he believe her story
Or see it as an allegory
or some foolish notion

Time really did stand still
She thought falling down the hill
It just won’t wait for any man
She felt fierce in commitment
Not fearing embarrassment
Vowing only that she can

 

Christine Bolton – Poetry for Healing ©

Inspired by the novel Outlander by Diana Gabaldon

Word Prompts:

Granite

Fabulist

Fierce

OctPoWriMo – Poem a Day #20 – Time Stands Still

Stream of Consciousness Saturday – Can

Photo:  Craigh na Dun, near Inverness Scotland

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Published by Christine Bolton

I have been writing poetry since I was a child and it has helped in the good times and bad times. I am always looking within to find the answers to life's problems and to write thought-provoking poetry and prose. Thanks for checking it out. Christine

16 thoughts on “Just a Matter of Time”

  1. What a lovely magical poem! Two centuries in yesteryear – time has a funny way of not being entirely logical or linear, doesn’t it? A boring event feels like it lasts a century, and something magical a second…

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    1. Oh thank you for reading it! How true is your remark. We are either growing old waiting for something to end or it’s gone in a heartbeat.

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  2. my favourite story and series! i am waiting for next season and have all her books. i have read outlander so many times over and still think it is one of the best love stories ever written – your poem is like a prologue to her story – love it so much Christine – you show her heart split in two – i wonder if it is possible to love two men so deeply yet so differently?

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    1. Gina, it is my favorite too! I am also waiting for the next series. I think it starts here in November. I’m reading the fourth book right now. Its so wonderful, isn’t it?

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      1. yes nov 5th here!!can’t wait! i also have her book of short tales, 4 highlander tales, “a trail of fire” haven’s read it yet but it has Roger, Lord Grey and a few other characters in it. you must tell me which is your fave character and part, i loved dragonfly in amber so much. that part of the series was the best for me and interestingly i felt such a connection with Murtagh!! LOL!!

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      2. Season one was my absolute favorite. I liked Amber although some of the French scenes were not as much fun as the Scottish ones . Yes it starts Nov 4th approx. here. Cant wait LOL! 🙂

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    1. Thank you sweet friend 🙂💕. I think Outlander the series is a beautiful story of history, adventure, passion, love and loss.

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