I think it was Scotland 
a thousand years ago 
when I first met you.
Your hair was red then 
as was the setting sun
that saw our first mortal kiss.

We were so young 
so new to our flesh 
that in every touching
there were new beginnings,
of lands to explore.
Your eyes smiled the same
even then.

I think it was in Russia 
where we were next to meet.
A motherland of hope
embraced us at our feet.
We were only older this time
by ten years, and so much more
time spent in our discoveries.
Your smile could see into me
as it always had.
This time I took better notice.

Time over Time like waves that
rush over each other
washes us into 
each others arms.
Over and over 
like sunlight on clover
four leafs
four arms 
four eyes 
and on 
till we finally discover time 
is not linear or our enemy. 
It finds 
it binds
us to its bosom.

In the many faces
and hearts that I have lived in.
To your eyes I spoke silently 
the thoughts I had not shared.
I will speak them now and for 
all eternity.
Forgive me, for not saying them earlier
I am just now
remembering, the words.

Do you remember Christmas in England 
‘twas London I’m sure
your name was Samantha then 
and I was Sam
and did our friends
make merry of that.

No matter, they were good friends 
of poor cloth and rich love.

Remember when we went home shopping
after six when the stores were closed
and before their doors we made our bed.
Candles were but a penny then. 
When the passerby’s had good times 
then so did we.
Bread for a smile
milk for the same,
wine on special occasions.

Do you remember how small the
doorways were in winter
bigger ones for summer
medium ones for the seasons
in between and for each their own reason.
Remember the only night we spent apart 
in the separate doorways of our anger.
Only once, just that once.

Do you remember the winter of 1842
and no one who passed us by 
was happy with their lives.
When the cold came like a thief.
We huddled 
we cuddled 
in the warmth of the hearth
that was our bodies heat.
From that doorway we stirred no more
lost for the sake of a penny
worth of heat.