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Memories of long walks
Along the shorelines
Where the ocean whispered
As it collected our sandy footprints
Find their way back home
Every now and again.
Recollections of midday lunches
And evening dinners with the
To die for flavors that
Made us laugh and hunger for them
Stopped by for a visit.
Memories of breakfast at sunrise
And a table for two accompanied by
A single red rose in a crystal vase
And moments of breakfast in bed
With my favorite meal and waiter,
Just rang my memory’s doorbell.
Each and every recollection is
The engine that drives my soul.
It’s the sense of your touch
That courses through my veins,
Finds its way to my heart
Increasing my palpitations as
I internally explode with excitement
Remembering the very sight of you.
And even though with this
Unexpected bittersweet moment
Reclaiming its rightful place
In my cerebral vault leaves
My heart, temporarily pained
I smile in the moment regardless
As I’m captured by visions of
Yesterday once more.
©7/12/20 LP45
Revised 9/13/21
