Love’s Lookout

Suzanne Morris

November 2, 2025

We always meant to visit

Love’s Lookout

from the time we retired

and moved up here.

Less than an hour from home,

driving north toward Tyler

and we’d heard the view

was spectacular

that you could see clearly

for miles.

Next time we’ll stop

we used to say

as we passed the off-ramp

to the narrow county road

beckoning upward

through a thicket of pine trees.

But there was always so much

to be done in Tyler–

from doctor appointments

to grocery shopping– 

so before we knew it,

we had run out of time

and besides, coming back, 

the off-ramp was on

the wrong side of the highway.

Maybe next time we’re 

headed that way, we often said

as the off-ramp disappeared

in the rearview mirror.

Before we knew it, years went by, then

one autumn day we agreed

never mind the inconvenience, 

we’d stop there on the way home

from your appointment

at the medical center

to stretch our legs and

take a breath of fresh air

once we knew for sure that

you were going to be fine.

We always meant to visit

Love’s Lookout

whenever we had time.

We’d heard the view was

spectacular

that you could see clearly

for miles.

Suzanne Morris is a novelist and a poet.  She and Asher, the dog, continue to reside in the home in Cherokee County, Texas, that Suzanne and her husband built in 2008.  Her husband passed away in 2023.  Since then, he has been the inspiration for many of her poems.