Years pass-
grains of sand in an hourglass
our glass of time...
the memories fade with each tumbling fragment.
But, still remembering you,
my sanity through the torture of sleepy sermons,
our admiration duly shared for years to come.
We had come so far, 
but the distance lengthens...
Talk with me,
Laugh with me,
Share with me,
like before.
     *     *     *
How I wish life paused,
rewound...
'Cos all I have are memories
memories of you to hold close to my soul...
Pulling dead smiles
and dehydrated tears
from the past...

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                    S. A. Bridge