On the Bank

My soul's amber light filters my memory's wellspring shining on a thread woven through the stillness of time there on the closest edge of yesterdays we meet again you, forever young and beautiful as we watched the sunset tossing pennies in a stream, making wishes of our dreams laughing like children while counting fireflies who invaded our silent evening stars arrived with their star-light glows as we sought freedom's imagination of glorious realms from long ago you said you were a Queen being held for ransom and I a Knight who would rescue you from a castle of pagan warriors soft kisses stoled our adventure and brought us back to sweeter senses where love chained us to its moors you are the love that stays in my heart you are the enduring yesterday before our time dwindled away into separate tomorrows to become a lovely memory 9/17/21 contest A Lovely Memory sponsor Regina McIntosh