Bitter Sweet Memories

Early winter morning remembering
From the soft warm depths 
Of an old man’s bed:
Walking through dark streets
Shivering with cold,  thinking of
The soft warm bed she’d pushed me
From of with a final cuddled kiss
Before she snuggled back
Under the warm down duvet
So she was back asleep 
Before I’d even left the room;

Stolen half nights with my Illicit 
Blonde sweet lover girl 
Leaving before the village awoke
So I wouldn’t be seen
As i slipped through the woods
And up the tree lined road
Back to the real world
Suffering the Guardroom banter 
As I booked in and became 
Once more a three figure number;

Time for a shower to wash away
The sweet smell of her love
Then uniformed and booted
The three day cycle began 
Before I could once more
Slip quietly through the woods
Check the street carefully
Before I crept into her house
And back into her arms
And that soft sweet warm bed;

A love with no future
Stolen and finite 
But the first sweet full love
Of a callow not yet man 
And a sweet older woman
Compassionate kind and loving
Over almost before it began 
Still fondly  remembered 
Across all those many passed years.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2022

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Forbes Avatar
December 7, 2022 at 11:59 AM
Soft, tender and beautiful
Ireland Avatar
December 7, 2022 at 11:59 PM
Thanks Becky - in my memory she still is.
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