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Open Poetry #34

North Carolina

soul drifter
Senior Member

since 2004-09-08

Posts 711
Colorado

0 posted 2004-10-20 04:13 AM

North Carolina

I still remember when life was Wilmington in May,
memories created with her on the beach, in the spray
of the spring tides, so cool, and we'd hide away
in the blossoms, her soft whispers in my ear
our first kiss lingering like dew, under the moon
down a country path, painted with silver blooms
with the first fireflies of summer, lighting our way

I still remember when life was North Carolina
memories shared with her at the movies, at the diner
in the spring bloom, so gone, too soon, and now
the late August breeze, the only voice I hear
her last kiss lingering with me, above the cars
with the last firefly of summer, my only company
lost from view as the horizon fills with stars

Do you still remember me, in that lighthouse at sea?
Or holding your hand, climbing your backyard tree,
in the June night, so real, so right for young love
In the coming autumn breeze, the only sound I hear
is the warmth of your laughter, the beat of your heart
So with the last firefly of summer goes my youth
flying from my view, like dreams it flutters and darts
I hope it's flying straight to you.

"Poets are all who love, who feel great truths, and tell them; and the truth of truths is love." --Philip James Bailey