Contest Winner!!

I'm so excited! I had entered in a blind poetry contest on Writer's Carnival. The theme was love poems. Contestants are supposed to write in a way that they normally wouldn't write in. I spent all of 15 minutes on mine, and didn't really think I had a chance at winning. But I did!! Tied for first place! :D

Link: http://www.writerscarnival.ca/poet-less-poetry-contest-winners/

My poem below:

When It Dawns

Polished boots in the corner

Bags packed and zipped shut

The cell phone charged and alarm set

You wish time would stop instead

For when it dawns, he will be gone

Slow conversations over dinner

Unhurried nibbles and unsavory sips

Glad for the present, sad for the future

But time marches on, though you wish otherwise

For when it dawns, he will be gone

Dishes done, counters wiped, lights turned out

Doors locked and nocturnal ablutions done

You’ve tarried all you can, get in bed

You snuggle with him under the covers and worry

For when it dawns, he will be gone

Whispered conversations during the night

Your breaths align and sync with time

You feel his warmth suffuse your soul

And smell his scent to commit it to memory

For when it dawns, he will be gone

Eventually the kisses cease, and the murmurs stop

He falls asleep with you wrapped in his arms

A deafening silence only you can hear

You count his heartbeats and hear your own

For when it dawns, he will be gone

Soon enough comes the dreaded dawn

Both of you sad about his departure

He picks up his stuff and you kiss one last time

Off he goes to fight wars under foreign skies

For it has dawned, and he is gone