Tempus Fuget
Translating the ancient language of our long marriage-
Our vocabulary of years, memory and choices:
Love as verb
Cor ad cor loquitur…Heart speaks to heart
Love as noun
Amor vencet omnia…Love conquers all
But in the diagramming of that sentence is the lie-
Time, not love, is the conqueror
And our end is closer than our beginning.
Eheu fugaces labuntur anni
Alas the fleeting years slip by
In ictu oculi
In the blink of an eye….
Tempus fuget
time flies.
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Maybe too literal a translation : ) Just my little contribution to the dVerse prompt. K
The Course of Our Seasons 
I have a couple of anniversaries coming up to remember… Hope you don’t mind if I copy this out to stick in each card????
I am touched and honored. And yes, I would be happy for you to use the poem. Thanks so much, K
I love the metaphors and symbols used for a long marriage. I echo the other comments. This is very well done, in terms of the Latin interspersed in the poetry. It makes the whole piece very effective and brings out the message in a masterful way.
Dee – thanks so much. I do appreciate your taking the time to drop by and comment. And I am humbled by your kind words. K
I like it, beautiful weave between the languages – love the opening lines especially
Thank you, Ruth. I appreciate you dropping by! K
Latin is one my biggest interests. Very happy to see someone used it for this prompt. Wish I had thought to! 🙂 Well done. I love your writing technique.
Thanks so much, Gretchen. I took Latin in high school – wish I remembered more! K
You weave in the Latin beautifully, enhancing the subject. Very well done!
Many thanks, Anna.
time does fly…and as long as love remains in th center, whether a verb or a noun, then i imagine that marriage will last all the longer…smiles…
Soon celebrating 31 yrs marriage – and with that subtle change in age from mid to late 50s – time is on our minds! : ) Still planning to see what that time has in store for us. All the best to you and yours – K
Very nice play of ancient language into the relationship ~ I do like – Time, not love, is the conqueror ~
Thank you – I appreciate your time and comment. K