tonight
i took a walk
and sat outside
your house
across the street
on a wall
near a bush
away from the streetlight
tonight
i thought of you
i remembered you
i cherised you
the moments
on the porch swing
in the living room
by the car
all captured
in still-frame
photographs
flashbacks
and wishes
tonight
i dared to dream
the memories
of homecoming
of love
of happiness
and
of the concert
of heartache
of pain
tonight
i realized
that love
is never lost
nor hidden
nor forgotten
merely neglected
wished away
sent to the frontlines
to be killed
by cupid's arrow
another casualty
in the war of the roses
tonight
i missed you
i kissed you
and like always
found it hard
to resist you
the feel
as my hand
roams for spans
across your golden sands
and stare
for millenia
into your deep blue sea
enveloped by
limitless clouds
memories?
maybe
realities?
probably
but since yesterday
vanished forever
and today
slips away
at least
i'll always have
tonight
© 2003 Joshua Stewart