The time came…

when our eyes no longer smiled,

    as we did at Table 26.

 

Nor as we laughed… 

    when the rain called us to flee 

    and melt a kiss against a tree. 

    

No longer did we dance… 

    as one as we did at Bice.

 

 

No longer did we turn in bed…

    to give our love. 

 

We came together with passion ablaze, 

    a time ago.

But the time came…

    when our souls couldn’t feel our kiss.   

 

You were the poet of my heart. 

 

But the time came 

    for us to part: 

      Slowly

      Silently

      Secretly 

 

Leaving us empty: 

      Unknowingly 

      Untrustingly

 

The time came…

      for leaving.

 

And the sea we once knew said of us:

    "They loved one day…     

           the tide came in…                    

           the tide went out…”

 

I did love you 

Believe that… 

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5-14-2023