When Love Was Love

Remember when love was a dance in new light

with a careless sway on an endless night

and glances of heaven could be seen in two eyes

filled with the innocence of April skies

Remember that kiss, the making of days

the reasons for youth set clear in the haze

A waltz of two strangers learning to merge

on waves of confusion, this awkward converge

Remember the roar of spirits released

the knowledge misled as feelings increased

yet birthing dreams like never before

‘forever’ upon fingertips at the close of a door

Remember the plans, how they wrote themselves

like holidays’ overtime of fairies and elves

and the gardens of bliss on a summer’s eve

virgin hearts perched high atop sleeves

Remember then, now, this undying light

these chaotic days when sleepless at night

believing in love never losing its touch

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          Remembering when we imagined such