Last Dance With A Memory

I can longer close my eyes and see her face. Let me dance once more with her memory.

 

Last Dance with a Memory

 

i will dance with you, one last time

where the sand meets the sea

before all of every yesterday

is no more even memory

 

i cannot explain where it went

we were so sure love would last

and now i owe you one last dance

to say farewell to visions past

 

for many years i held you

in your own sacred place

and even when i fell in love

i gave her her's, but not your space

 

yet time has all but stole you away

something i never dreamed could be

your memory is almost totally gone

the shadows of us, i but barely see

 

we were to be wed

without promise or vow

an understanding of hearts

a destined fate somehow

 

for so many years

we drifted apart

i wed who i loved

you loved another's heart

 

and now, it's come to the end

the corner which belonged always to you

empty and void like an abandoned room

with echos and cobwebs of what time will do

 

listen as we dance

watch the sea pull a way

prints meant for forever

sacred corners, that didn't stay

 

But we owe it to each other

to dance one last song

for the years long faded

and the memory at last gone

Reviews

[~crazy Beautiful~]

this was beautful and so sad, it gave me a lump in my throat.
These lines
"for so many years
we drifted apart
i wed who i loved
you loved another's heart"
mezmerizing
I have been there too
I can feel your pain, it's like love can be so intense on day, and slowly it dies.
Years go by and it dies more, until it is only a memory.
I was with my exfiance for 8 years, i always will love him, and i always have, but somewhere along the way we fell out of love with eachother. One can love but are they in love, the key question to any sucsessful marriage.
keeping love alive
and dancing the memory of love one last time is absolutely beautiful
nice work
thank you for entering my contest

[Aspiring Angel]

Very beautiful my friend. A little sad to think of a memory fading away. I guess that happens to us all.

Hugs,
Lesa

[Shelly Wiseberg]

Very heartfelt and emotional write. Your words carry alot of depth Rain from joys to the sorrows of life.
You write straight from the heart and gut, Shelly

[ABBY]

oooohh. very pretty

[Pleiades]

Simplicity yet elegance surrounds each stanza of this piece. I agree, 'tis very sad and almost mourning for a life once lived and a cherished now forgotten.

[BenightedWhispers]

Fantastic poem. It was so romantic and spiritual. Great job! ^.^

[rickROSS]

wow! This poem blew me away. I absolutely like everything about this poem. Excellent work!

[Brianna Brie]

Bravo! You have painted a picture, explained the heart and mind, and did it magnificently strong images. It is well done indeed!

[S.E. Conway]

wow.. very amazing. well done!!

-s.e.

[Jinx]

Very nicely done, Ray. I really enjoyed the picture you painted here. =)