I Let It Slip Away
I let it slip away - a moment of unconditional bliss!
waited very long for this moment to happen!
dreary years passed after I had to leave abruptly,
never imagined separation to be so excruciating!
finally I found you, I met you
at amber sunset...beside a dock -
the gossamer light of vermillion dusk fell on us!
you looked in my eyes...I at yours!
splurge of stardust enveloped those dreamy eyes
with longing for a future!
There were so many questions, not many answers!
I remembered everything! all the fragments
and tiny pieces of our life blended together!
when soothing raindrops drizzled on two love-sick souls,
when walked listlessly on sprawled fall leaves,
stroll on winter-mornings blanketed by hazy mist....
The world stood still around us!
waiting for an answer!
all hushed!
I let the moment slip away...didn't realize
the emptiness I would experience...
I shouldn’t have!
April 29, 2023
"I Let It Slip Away" Poetry Contest
Sponsor: John Lawless
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