Inside my Memory Book

Inside my memory book,

you come alive.

With the turn of every page

I hear the laughter in your voice,

and see your noble face

Our past is present for me now.

I can feel an evening breeze,

as starlight and moon glow

dazzle us with summer magic.

We sit side by side 

to talk and talk –

like two poets reading verse aloud.

I hear your words, 

and try hard to retrieve them all –

to make them my own.

I remember a trip

on my twenty- first birthday.

The clickety-clack of the rails

still echoes in my head.

We’d dreamt so long of flying free.

Now the cage had opened and

sweet freedom called our names.

Breathing heavy in the twilight,

we inhaled joy and wonder

Life lessons filled our souls.

Now as your face eases

back into the shadows

of my mind’s eye

I smile and hide

all the pain

I feel inside

but tears still come

from my heart.

I loved you then,

and I love you now.