oh shirley

a small piece on life

pirouette of my childhood

redgold autumn hair glinting in dusty sun,

you laughed and teased

spun dreams with indelible lies,

and bade me love you

for I did

 

warm memories of forever summers

and hidden fumbles

etched your heart on my soul,

as the days spread open

you blithely danced your schemes whilst I segued my way

through each tangled web ,

then waited in weary eagerness for

night and sleep, just another passage to the doorway

of your history becoming my dreams

 

we watched the autumn dragonflies as they flew joined

in loves grace together , kissing still green water

then once , you said we could do that

as all innocents have and will, we did

 

perhaps it was then

when the taste of your saltiness awakened lust

I knew that this was where life began

the child had left ,

we had lost the icon of youth,

summer magic became just a fleeting season

the days were simply numbered hours ,

sleep reclaimed the night

age overcame the reason