Granddads Secret Love

The day I saw you drenched in mornings sunlight,
Smelling the blossom on ball gown bushes,
For a brief moment you were young once again
I caught your eye, and memories flooded back

A strange romantic notion caught me
Like a bird who has spent his life in a cage
Suddenly freed, yet this cage I fear to abandon
But silent love is noble, and I have taken a life time to know this

For I have spent my life lingering in the darkness between the stars
But now I can look beyond our age
For we are two well worn shoes,
Comfortable and secretly loved

We are silent lovers, who have spent a life time together,
Living in our dreams and thoughts, speaking different silences,
Which say all that is needed to know?
For our souls will always listen and our hearts will always be in love.
And only you and I will know