Fleeting

Day rippled with promise slips toward eventide
ticking hands on the clock, solitude my guide
love, a four letter word discovered in the sand
that the roaring ocean had written with her hand
 
Forgotten passion echoed, carried on the breeze
gentle, kind and sweet; you brought me to my knees
unexpected newness, it sowed the seeds of love
no moonlight without the sun, hand in a velvet glove
 
Spiritual resuscitation, near life experience
lost in rapt attention and gentle perseverance
sutured scars leaked & required love’s kind surgery
too far gone to lie, my heart won’t commit perjury  
 
Cool desert nights met the hot kisses of the sun
such a delicate weave will never come undone
held me in your grasp, I would pay the price you ask
erased my facade, revealed the man behind the mask
 
Past belies the present, future contains much truth
you made me feel young again, old shades of my youth
the sapling was planted, feelings had taken root
love was the sweetest nectar, time together the fruit