Words I Love, Volume 1

An Earthly/Heavenly Romance

Charles Santiago

• Publisher: Resource Publications
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9798385231171
  9798385231188
• eBook ISBN:
  9798385231195
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Poetry
• Index: Literature

When death comes to a spouse, does the surviving spouse face a lonely sojourn on Earth in which reminiscing becomes the only recourse to experiencing those treasured joys of wedded bliss? Must the survivor receive consolation from merely an expected future reunion at death? Is the cherished loved one dead and gone--or alive in an inaccessible world beyond? How the surviving spouse chooses to answer these questions, in a way, is a matter of life and death. Must the surviving spouse languish in a world of perceived loss? Or is the "departed" loved one available and anxious to continue the life of wedded bliss? The poems in this book are written with a view to reaching people who find themselves in the situation of pondering these questions. Can there really be an Earthly/heavenly romance in which the beloved "departed" is not "dead and gone," but "alive and here?" The poems in this book answer that question with a resounding "Yes!" As the last couplet of poem 4, "A Heavenly Hum," says: Reminisce, my Earthly man, Rememb'ring THIS--We live again.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Introduction
• 1. These Words You Love, 8/29/23
• 2. All We Need, 8/29/23
• 3. True Life
• 4. A Heavenly Hum, 8/30/23
• 5. Words You Love, 8/31/23
• 6. Breaking Through the Veil
• 7. I Know It’s You, 9/1/23
• 8. Time Can’t Sever You from Me, 9/2/23
• 9. Beyond the Bounds of Earth and Sun, 9/3/23
• 10. Use Our Rhymes, 9/4/23
• 11. I’m Not Leaving! 9/4/23
• 12. Our Heavenly Union, 9/5/23
• 13. Ripped in Two
• 14. Pleasures of Eternity, 9/6/23
• 15. This Life
• 16. Smiling Through, 9/7/23
• 17. God Is Able, 9/7/23
• 18. Heaven Beckons
• 19. Heaven’s Not So Far Away, 9/9/23
• 20. Recite Our Creed, 9/9/23
• 21. We’re Determined, 9/9/23
• 22. Love Your Life, 9/11/23
• 23. Life Like This, 9/11/23
• 24. You’re My Adam. I’m Your Eve, 9/12/23
• 25. Knocking, 9/13/23
• 26. Every Breath You Take, 9/13/23
• 27. I’m Your Temple
• 28. Let’s Proceed, 9/14/23
• 29. Isn’t It Romantic? 9/15/23
• 30. A Love, for All Eternity, 9/15/23
• 31. Our Lovely Creed
• 32. Relax, My Love. Enjoy This Life, 9/16/23
• 33. No Sweeter Joy
• 34. The Truth Within, 9/18/23
• 35. Words I Love, 9/18/23
• 36. Live or Die, 9/18/23
• 37. A Moment of Repose
• 38. Without a Body and Without a Sound, 9/18/23
• 39. Sharon, the Crafty Blue Heron
• 40. That Earthly War, 9/19/23
• 41. Faith Is Key, 9/19/23
• 42. My Life with You, 9/20/23
• 43. A Garden Opens Up the View
• 44. The Promise of Our Vow, 9/20/23
• 45. This Garden Where We Came, Before
• 46. A New Creation, 9/21/23
• 47. We’re a Temple, 9/23/23
• 48. Death, Our Union, Could Not Break
• 49. Remember, Dear, 9/24/23
• 50. Night and Day, We Rendezvous, 9/25/23
• 51. Victors O’er the Grave, 9/25/23
• 52. My Hunches
• 53. Every Day, I Feel Your Love
• 54. Blest Be the Ties That Bind, 9/27/23
• 55. The Power of the Ties That Bind
• 56. Four Years and Two Months, 9/27/23
• 57. Evening Meditation
• 58. More and More, I’ll Fall in Love, 9/28/23
• 59. A Séance, 9/28/23
• 60. Romantic Love, 9/29/23
• 61. A Door to Ecstasy, 9/30/23, full moon
• 62. Earthly/Heavenly Bliss
• 63. We Found Eternity
• 64. Death Is Not a Tragic End, 10/1/23
• 65. I’m Not Gone, Dear. I Am Here, 10/2/23
• 66. A Living Union
• 67. Hand in Hand, 10/3/23
• 68. When We Said “I Do,” 10/3/23
• 69. More and More
• 70. Night and Day Will Soon Give Way
• 71. Oh, Euterpe, Ancient Muse
• 72. To Live with Each Other,
• 73. The Truth Within Your Heart, 10/6/23
• 74. Oh, How Clear Will Be the View! 10/7/23
• 75. When I Close My Eyes
• 76. Beyond My Clay
• 77. Beyond This Night and Day
• 78. Our Time Right Now, 10/9/23
• 79. Now—and Then, 10/10/23
• 80. We’ve Been Walking, Hand in Hand, 10/10/23
• 81. This Bond We Share
• 82. Blend with Me, Dear, 10/11/23
• 83. This Newfound, Heavenly Way, 10/12/23
• 84. Heavenly, Earthly Trips
• 85. Weddings, Three
• 86. The Sting of Death, 10/13/23
• 87. Our Prize, 10/14/23
• 88. Glimmers of Eternity
• 89. Heaven’s Glow, 10/15/23
• 90. This Daily Bread
• 91. All You Know Yourself to Be, 10/16/23
• 92. This Body
• 93. Trust Our Maker, 10/17/23
• 94. A Holy Silence at Sunset Hours
• 95. The Now and Here, 10/17/23
• 96. Your Whole Life Through, 10/17/23
• 97. I Am Here, 10/19/23
• 98. Creatures of Resolve, 10/19/23
• 99. All Your Days in Timbuktu, 10/20/23
• 100. All Wide–Eyed
• 101. This Heavenly Sea, 10/21/23
• 102. Far Beyond Earth Skies, We’ll Fly, 10/22/23
• 103. A Spear, 10/23/23
• 104. There, There, 10/24/23
• 105. Rendezvous with Me, 10/25/23
• 106. Dwellers in Eternity, 10/26/23
• 107. Our Earthly Union, 10/26/23
• 108. Heaven’s Calling, 10/27/23
• 109. Wedding Vows, 10/28/23
• 110. Just a Note
• 111. In Peace, I Work, 10/29/23 (full moon)
• 112. Sweethearts for Eternity, 10/30/23
• 113. A Temple, 11/1/23
• 114. A Lovely View, 11/2/23
• 115. Life with You
• 116. This Joy, 11/2/23
• 117. It’s You, 11/3/23
• 118. Our Bond of Love, 11/4/23
• 119. When I Wear My Wedding Ring, 11/5/23
• 120. Do Your Best, 11/5/23
• 121. This Was Meant to Be
• 122. That World of Woe, 11/6/23
• 123. Remember, 11/7/23
• 124. A Gift from God
• 125. Be Bold, and Believe, 11/7/23
• 126. Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall, 11/7/23
• 127. Every Minute of Every Day, 11/8/23
• 128. Sit Beside Me, 11/8/23
• 129. God’s Gift, 11/8/23
• 130. This Life That, Now, We Know, 11/9/23
• 131. On Earth, “Below,” and Here, “Above,” 11/10/23
• 132. Sweethearts, 11/10/23
• 133. Rejoice, My Love, 11/11/23
• 134. All the Life We Shared, Before
• 135. Earthly Bodies, 11/12/23
• 136. Love Is Guiding You and Me, 11/12/23
• 137. A Day for You and Me, 11/12/23
• 138. In Heaven’s Light, 11/13/23
• 139. Heaven’s Ways, 11/13/23
• 140. Our Vows, 11/13/23
• 141. To Live with You
• 142. One, Not Two, 11/15/23
• 143. I’m Not Gone, 11/15/23
• 144. Close Your Eyes, 11/15/23
• 145. Nighttime Calls, 11/15/23
• 146. Our Romance
• 147. I Have Risen, 11/16/23
• 148. Don’t Be Blind, 11/16/23
• 149. Our Best, 11/17/23
• 150. I’m Just Passing Through
• 151. More than Memories
• 152. We Have Learned to Rendezvous, 11/18/23
• 153. Prepare Yourself, 11/19/23
• 154. The Finest Earthly Day for Me
• 155. We’ll Commune Without a Sound, 11/19/23
• 156. Faith and Feelings
• 157. Heaven’s Prize, 11/21/23
• 158. I Close My Eyes
• 159. “Goodbye, Dear Loved One. Rest in Peace.” 11/21/23
• 160. Our Rhymes
• 161. Thus, We Meet, Dear
• 162. Holy Silence
• 163. In This World Where We Abide, 11/23/23
• 164. Timbuktu, 11/23/23
• 165. An Everlasting Unity, 11/23/23
• 166. Thankful, Be, 11/23/23
• 167. Rendezvous, My Love, 11/24/23
• 168. I Will Do My Best
• 169. Our Vows Hold True, 11/25/23
• 170. From Your Doubts, Be Free, 11/26/23
• 171. A Special Rendezvous, 11/26/23
• 172. Bodies, 11/27/23
• 173. Tap into Our Love, 11/27/23
• 174. I Feel Like We Have Passed a Test
• 175. One, We Are, in Life and Death, 11/28/23
• 176. You and Me, 11/29/23
• 177. All the Things We’ve Done, 11/29/23
• 178. The Power of Our Wedding Rings
• 179. Heaven’s Light, 11/30/23
• 180. Remember Wedding Number Two, 11/30/23
• 181. Stronger than the Grave, 12/1/23
• 182. Now and Here, 12/2/23
• 183. Remember, Dear, Our Wedding Day, 12/2/23
• 184. We Are Learning How to Be
• 185. Our Current Bond, 12/2/23
• 186. December Two, Twenty Twenty–Three
• 187. What a Lovely Rendezvous! 12/3/23
• 188. I Will Promise This, My Love, 12/3/23
• 189. Angels, Singing, 12/4/23
• 190. Bodies, We Don’t Need, 12/4/23
• 191. One, We Are, Beneath the Sun, 12/4/23
• 192. Hand in Hand with You, My Love
• 193. This Lovely Law of Rendezvous, 12/6/23
• 194. Let Us Walk a Higher Way, 12/7/23
• 195. To Live Like This, 12/8/23
• 196. Deep in Inner Space, 12/8/23
• 197. A Grand Event, 12/9/23
• 198. Let Us Use Our Passe–Partout, 12/9/23
• 199. Concentrate, 12/10/23
• 200. These Homes of Ours, 12/10/23
• 201. Our Heavenly Home, 12/11/23
• 202. When I Feel You Near
• 203. Every Moment, 12/12/23
• 204. Thanks to God, 12/13/23
• 205. Whatever Happens, 12/13/23
• 206. An Earthly Groom
• 207. The Afterlife, 12/14/23
• 208. Heaven Knows
• 209. We Remain, 12/15/23
• 210. Reciting Words I Love, 12/15/23
• 211. Now’s the Time, 12/16/23
• 212. Death Must, Always, Bend the Knee, 12/16/23
• 213. You and I Are Free, 12/17/23
• 214. First and Foremost, 12/18/23
• 215. A Heavenly Belle and Earthly Beau, 12/18/23
• 216. Rest in Peace, 12/19/23
• 217. When I Breathe
• 218. Men Are Spirits, 12/22/23
• 219. Life, Down Here
• 220. Like Two Busy Bumblebees
• 221. A Scribe of Mighty Thoth
• 222. My Body Waits, 12/22/23
• 223. Our Rendezvous
• 224. To and Fro, 12/23/23
• 225. Signs, 12/23/23