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Depending upon the point of view
Where the slow-motion parade of memories
…of me and you
The ones we’d most love to save, reside…
Times, where passion filled emotions …once ruled
Ones we’d held so close between us…
Places we might have sworn …would never fade
Becoming unraveled here before us, here and now
With danger of falling apart, so close…
Its presence felt so near …it never seems to fade…
We’re ever shedding tears …in different ways
Almost afraid to breathe together…
Where once we’d thought …we’d had it made
Now, here we are…
Living, moment by moment …every moment…
At this gathering of hopes and fears
Struggling to survive …losing ground to foolish pride
Remaining calm, amidst the storm …a lost art, alone
In remembrance of the times before
Your lovely face, your warm embrace
Kisses and clasping hands …our sacred space…
Of loving moments spent …more than not
At times in long, quiet conversations
Others, naught, in solemn contemplation
Feeding one another’s heart in dreams we’d bought
In mutual chain reactions …with our compassion
Where love …resides, before the tempest rose
…and those, who’d thought we’d fail
Felt reassured, our loving moments
Would be lost, far and few…
Soon, we’d slip like shadows …into the past
Won their bet with the devil …as all hell broke loose
The first barrier erected, although so insignificant a thing
Sealed our fate, when we failed…
To set aside a creeping doubt,
What, by being together was all about
Tore holes in our formerly sacred space
What loves’ protection held, faded fast…
What we’d carefully erected in love,
By angers wrath …was suddenly erased
The cold winds laughing …became the gale
Breaking waves rose over our walls …to overtake us
Ripping away all sense of security …between our prayers
All that we’d valued …gathered, near, scattered…
As if, nothing mattered… any more
What held us together, most …our innermost, treasured moments of bliss, held close to heart
Swallowed by fear
Skeletal keys to the doors of happiness
No longer, gave us passage
To the healing powers …of our tattered dreams…
What emotions, we’d expressed, best together, once…
So swiftly fell apart
Went wild and ran ...away,
Once abandoned…
As without our love to bind it to us,
Could, no longer
Be contained
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