Simple Times

the doorway chimed and the oceans shined each time your face appeared
inside my mind, behind the words never spoken
aloud,
it's quiet here and has always been, I guess
within this place, I've found
but I digress,
and must press on with this knowing now
gathered in spite of that emancipated smile,
harvested in lieu of
that something deep, always out of reach
by candle light on that forbidden night
when nothing was impossible
and we had everything to gain,
inside our sweet refrain
we played with eyes not blind,
simple times ...

( by; ajs 05/07/2008)