Tuesday, February 01, 2022

LOVE LETTERS

I can't believe you kept my old love letters;

Tucked away in a box like some forgotten treasure.

I scarcely dare to think "Who was that young

And daring fool

Who spread himself so unabashedly,

With such full measure;

Who opened up so blatantly

The secrets held inside

And spread them out onto the pages

For just your eyes to see."

All the private hopes and dreams;

Desires to be fulfilled;

All the dreams which we both knew

Were somehow meant to be.

We were young and we were foolish

Filled with floods of youth's desires,

Warmed by longings, fueled by hope,

Hearts ablaze with passion's fires.

Now you sit there on the floor

Reading every single line

As if it were the first time through.

All is new as you relive

Each paragraph as they unfold

To kiss a tearful eye...

And I, your silent sentinel,

Am left to wonder why.

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