Was It You?

…....velvet shadows

once danced on lavender skies

when the glow of a hundred fireflies

quietly lit your face

the Tuscan sun lingered a bit too long

in the silence of your smile

senses filled with heather blues

that seemed to match your eyes

we were younger then

weren't we?

a midnight Sonata

played one last waltz

choreographed by stars

that fell from grace

memories......

written in the sand

washed away long ago

drawing their own conclusions

and I wonder.....

        ........was it really you?

bj smith

aka shallimarRose

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Reviews

[Karen]

This is a great poem with such beautiful images that brings to mind twilight sunsets and sweet, young romance. The last stanza is especially nostalgic, the wondering of whether the memories we harbor of young love, in fact, every happened, or whether the person we are still with was in fact that person of long ago. Either way, it's a beautiful poem!

[shallimarRose]

Thank you Karen for reading. I am glad you enjoyed.. xo

[ba_mcfarlane]

Such stirring work is able to effortlessly transport this reader back to the times of lost loves and once tender lovers. Bravo!!

[shallimarRose]

Thank you scribbles.. I love seeing you reading my pages. Love the picture of the grands.. xo

[Rosaria_V]

Simply beautiful :) Very well done!

[shallimarRose]

Thank you Rosa. xo shallimar

[Rosaria_V]

Aww your so welcome!!

[Sam]

Like a dream all so beautiful and romantic. The memories all unfold then in the end you ask was it ever really you? Great way to end it. Nicely penned Rose. Thank you for the RR.

[shallimarRose]

I think you really got this one Sam. Sometimes even I am not sure what my ink is trying to say. ha
Thank you for reading.

[Sam]

Your welcome it was a pleasure.

[Jack...]

Very beautiful and sad. The questions we ask ourselves as the past tickles our mind. Very nice Rose.

[shallimarRose]

Thank you very much Jack. xo

[Frieda P]

Sigh worthy poetry here, I was trying to pick a favorite stanza but that would include the entire write, lovely memories, 'we were younger then'....ahhh, brings so many to mind, thanks for sharing. :-)

[shallimarRose]

Thank you Freida for reading. xo

[Magnolia]

This is so beautiful... memories gathered and a question asked, as though it had all been a dream. It has an almost ethereal quality, thanks...Maggie

[shallimarRose]

Thank you for reading Maggie.. xo shallimar

[WyndnWatr]

Very lyrical and evocative. Regret within a beautiful memory? Is the other as committed to the memory as the writer? Thank you for a beautiful poem.

[shallimarRose]

She is looking back on a beautiful moment in time yes , and talking to the memory perhaps.
I think the only regret is maybe that it ended too soon......Poetry is always open to interpretation. In my mind as the writer in the final line is wondering if her memories were as beautiful as she now recalls them. The "you" in that last line might be addressing the memory itself or perhaps even the writer. As we age the mind is less complicated in some ways and in some ways it is so much more complex perhaps in the way we remember or fail to remember things.

Thank you for reading. shallimarRose