"Once Upon a Time"
by Paloma
"Once upon a time…….
you and I were young…"
Brash as Indian summer's wide face moon….
careless choices…coins tossed into a fountain….
hoping for luck.
Love…. a sheen on the lower lip
of a far gone woman….
performed with the recklessness of
a dying man's last day…
a caress that would not matter, after all.
You and I, conquistadors,
you and I out to slay dragons,
how mighty we are!
……..how did the years go by? Was it just a matter of …getting up …..
and lying down… over and over again?
That distant
day…..you and I blind…
looking to leave,
but unable to find the door….making Good-bye
impossible
So here, you
and I are….with a pensive step,
a memory that
yearns to try hard enough,
a bag of wisdom traded for a silver twilight…
We had it all….we have it all….
and ……….do you
remember?
"Once upon a time……
you and I were young…"