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WRONG PLACE/RIGHT TIME

Ode to Gene and Betsy

By Victor MendezPublished 11 months ago 1 min read
WRONG PLACE/RIGHT TIME
Photo by Vows on the Move on Unsplash

Written today 2-27-2025

I met you..

In the wrong time

But the right place..

In the convergence of a point..

On a graph of X and Y..

The Yin,

And the Yang..

In the conversation of the mind that seduces even time,

When the rain soaked the arid land,

and the sun kisses the sky..

Begging for but a second of your time

Y?

..is for those that have not met you

X is..

the place you got to

Bringing..

All that a starving man needs

You were at the wrong place

At my right time..

Proof of good even existing in the wrong

You were the deep red rose..

Rising from the darkest obsidian

We have become Venus and Mars,

a two-faced coin,

A sun and moon playing in the stars..

Shining brightly

Forever..and,

One day past eternity

Peace

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About the Creator

Victor Mendez

Born in 1958.There's a lot of road beneath these feet.Worn out pairs upon pairs of shoes.Been a ranch kid,a city kid,a Marine,a dad, a grandfather now,an avid reader and just recently began writing poetry in 2015 just to vent.

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  • Dharrsheena Raja Segarran11 months ago

    "You were at the wrong place At my right time.. Proof of good even existing in the wrong" These were my favourite lines. Your poem was so poignant and emotional. I loveeeeee it!

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