RECOLLECTIONS OF LOVE

I recall the first time we met

It was a windy autumn, mid-week morning

Your eyes shining, your smile true

Your voice, your hair and the most beautiful peasant skirt

Because its fabric caressed your body.

I recall the first time we made love

Urgent and lustful; yet whispering and tender

A perfect kiss immersed in the deep well of our being

Our bodies entwined, our souls’ dance explored

A fateful union consummated, living complete.

I recall the first time we were apart

I was home with another that ended too late

And then it was you in the arms of the other

Yet we danced still, sad and hopeful, flirting

With thoughts and dreams of a different time.

I recall the first kiss again

Steeped in years of unexpressed desire and emotion

Allowed for just a moment to live enough

To be able to reignite the smouldering passion

Giving substance to these recollections of love.