YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU NEVER KNEW /or/ YOU CAN'T FORGET WHAT YOU KNOW TO BE TRUE

A faint pink light

breaks forth on the distant shore

as if a candle on a nightstand 

flickers before it fades 

creating  that slim spiraling plume of grey

My senses,at first confused

sights and sounds and scents

Oh, how some memories though long ago

compete with all the melee that is today

Yes love, I remember, running away from the gala

hands clasped tightly, together we made our way

to a place neither of us knew 

A country road or path it appeared so quaint

Walls of field-stones marked the day

and old hickory fence posts fulfilled the scenery

Instead of what we suspected to be dusk

what a joy to find that light growing stronger

Hours and hours to go before night

wrapped tightly to each other we spent that day

In a moment, a lifetime of knowledge and wisdom

You and I one for eternity, never can it change

never can it be forgotten by the stars 

that eventually broke through the silence

as that orange red glow sank low

framing the western horizon

casting a wondrous glaze of innocence

upon the silhouette of your face

more lovely, more precious more aglow

still fresh in my mind , how much

more precious than mama's antique cameo

The years that have wrecked our bodies

the tears that we cried apart, and together

no matter the hurts we have carelessly cast on each other

The trusts  we have broken

Put all blame on me, tie a millstone round my neck

Cast me overboard into the deep dark sea

It makes no difference, All there is to me is we,

You are mine, I am yours, and we, we are HIS.