Homecoming

Short description of the arrival of the lost lover

"Hey look at the sky today!"

You smiled, looked away

My eyes twitch and I begin to fray

'Surely he isn't aware of the day.'

I recall

"You know, I am a sucker at remembering 

names, dates directions,..."

"And people?...", I said to tease

He beamed, eyes shining bright with ease

And this rapport enough to please

Along with his hand on mine,

And the gust of breeze.

I realize something about the memory lane 

Although accessible 

And with old, known terrain

The harbinger of the past, moulding  the future

Causing the disdain,

But mainly the emotional drain ...

'Aye aye, no time to think of all that'

For I have received him out of the void 

When there was'nt a longing, or any urge for a bond 

You whilst every barrier, made my life floyd.

I feel your hands on mind

Warm and enough to hold for a lifetime,

Oh did I just exaggerate?

And now my cheeks feel this strange incarnadine.

Maybe it is too childish 

To say,"We met today, silly!"

Or would it be too inappropriate 

And only then, out of nowhere I see the lily.

Gazing at the bright white,

Reminded me of the day I cried

When you said maybe our love died

I remember how long you sighed

About how no longer we thought we tried

Or that nothing seemed right,

Between us, and all I could see was the lily beside

"It symbolises the pride, 

That I have, for myself, for I found you right",

You stated when we walked that night,

When we were so in love that could not lose a sight.

I was abashed but could not help the fright

That you could leave again, any night

And then you tugged the flower in my hand 

And all seems quite.

"All that made me leave for a bit,

Are the reasons why I want you more

That excessive ramble, the eves of silence,

That shying away or the glaces galore.

I hate to feel anything but my hands on yours

So each time let lillies secure,

That I would love you, more and more

And help you adore,

About what I am so very sure."