Catch a Lover Falling Part II

The poetry within Catch a Lover Falling Part II is a matter-of-fact portrait of a couple struggling against the din and interference of everyday life. This story of two lovers weaves sensual and spiritual love together. Theirs is a wish to achieve their dreams and to remain together as one.------------------------------------------------------------------I wrote and edited all summer and now I have it -- a collection of words, to present to you, wrapped in love and pleasure and sorrow. These images flowed from my fingers as a second, a part two, for Catch a Lover Falling. -- e. smith sleighWithin e. smith sleigh's story, the young lovers intertwine in a combination of traditional romance and the tentative life of those living in the arts outside a conventional life flow. Their mutual, adoration holds them together and lends strength to their lives. The lovers' earth-shattering romance evolves into a comforting, eternal love. sleigh's poetry also explores the idea of relearning love after trauma and loss. e. smith sleigh's love poems are descriptions, interrogations and celebrations of love. One of the most intense and important of human experiences is expressed with her striking, honest descriptions, tone and storyline. The lovers meet in high school. Her parents are wealthier than most families in their county in that they own a ranch. He is gifted in music and she is talented in literature and other arts. Sometimes his relatives worked on her dad's ranch. They fell in love after meeting on a hay ride. She was accompanied by her older sister. Her older sister makes several atempts to seduce the male. He laughs her off. One night, his lover shuts down her sister in the family's kitchen. After high school graduation, her family understands that the lovers are serious about each other and welcomes the male into their family. She talks to her dad and mother about the embarassing attempts at taking her boyfriend away that her sister made. The parents consent to help them both attend a state university in a nearby city away from the interference of her sister. There they move in together, study and attempt to get something going in the local music scene. She writes poetry, and songs for him to sing. After a few years of struggle and making many friends and contacts, they succeed in their quest for success in the local area. She graduates college. By his junior year, he is bored, feels he has learned what he needed from the music department and is ready to take off back east for a break that is offered him in Nashville, Tennessee. He does well there. She leaves their apartment and returns West to her parent's ranch to wait for him to return home. Several events happen to draw them even closer, then separate them. sleigh's love poems disclose their journey together, and apart. Join them as they travel through life.