I'll always remember the moment we met...
(Haunting meadows in springtime, your slim silhouette) .
The ghost of your eyes cracked a new morning dawn,
Disturbing the dreams of a slumbering fawn.
I'll always remember your singular smile
(Feigning figures and fancies and phantoms the while)
When I offered a rosebud - then flew from the room,
Weaving dizzy designs on a mystical loom.
I'll always remember first touching your hand
(Ruffled wing of a sparrow - the feathers were fanned) .
Burning body aflutter, I jittered with joy -
On the surface, a man, but inside still a boy.
I'll always remember the sound of your laugh
(Ocean waters were splashing... a midsummer bath)
As we strayed on the strand, for a moment, alone,
With your hair all a' tousle and tumbled and blown.
I'll always remember your breath on my skin
(The skies opened wide and I started to spin)
You drew me aside as our tongues first entwined -
The mysteries of love had begun to unwind.
I'll always remember the fury of love
(The fires we shared... in the fall... from above)
The pa**ions which flowered whenever we lay
Painted stars in the night with the brightness of day.
I'll always remember the shattering knell
(Two words tolled in winter... your name and ‘farewell')
Just a note near a nook where so often we slept
Which I read and reread and reread while I wept.