As We Were

On a Saturday afternoon,
Barefoot in the sand,
Fingers intertwined,
Our smile in eachother's eye.

It was sheer simplicity,
With the sun setting at our feet.
The day's happiness sealed with an embrace,
And tomorrow's promised with a kiss.

Those moments passed with time,
As does the traffic behind me.
But the memories keep coming back
With every ripple of the ocean at my feet.

These days are different now.
That hopeful spring we shared,
Washed away with summer tides;
And now I stand beneath the gray cloud sky.

Surrounded with the shore's whisper;
It's your voice, a memory so clear.
The love, a feeling still misunderstood.
And the future, always changing.

I pull my coat tighter around me where you should have been,
And as I turn to depart
My eye catches a couple apparently in love,
As we were.

Reviews

[Arthur Crow]

I felt like I was drifting in a lullaby, it flowed effortlessly down the page. Very well scribed.

[Wildecat]

This is a beautiful love poem, very well written and a pleasure to read.

[Colby]

The memory of love described so well. I like this one a lot Ansilla...

[Poeticpiers]

Beautifully written nostalgic memories.I think we all have such a memory.Presented in clear cut poetic prose I enjoyed