For a Moment
For a moment, I slipped back in time
and there you were with that silly smile on your face
as if you had done something suspiciously naughty
and had been caught in the act.
I failed at first, to see the smile also carried tears
of years passed when things seemed easier than now.
Coming softly into the room,
our eyes held each other
and the tears glistened on your cheek
in the shaded evening sunset as it brightened the room
after a day of what seemed unending icy cold wind and rain.
I recalled how winter caused you to be sadder
than most any other time of year.
The holidays and all its festivities over
in a time that waned between warm and cold
as snow and rain mixed up the seasons
and kept you warm and safe but sad indoors.
allowing you to weep openly when alone.
How many decades ago had we met
and it was that same teary smile that drew me in?
If I look at your picture now, it's there
that feeling of love that rose more easily than the sun
and is a forever memory that lives in my heart
that misses you for more than a moment
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