Have I Ever Told You

have I ever told you that... a picture crystallized in my heart~ an evening, mesmerizing starlit sky,  two youngsters ~ ardently absorbed in each other. you narrated an entire story ~ with so much zeal~ a spellbound account of love and loss -  did not have slightest idea what loss really meant!  I was a captive listener!  what magic did you instill with your hypnotizing voice?  became a priceless memory I could never erase.  have I ever told you that ...I remember an evening of strolling back together by a desolate narrow village-street...from a favourite musical...  dark noiseless night.. stars mysteriously blinking... tall trees apprehensively watching, just the two of us... didn’t hold hands,  walking straight into the night...as if in a trance.. the sight never faded away!  have I ever told you that ...a miraculous evening ~ never slipped away in front of a mighty waterfalls, an undeniable witness of our bond,  raining uninterrupted...rain and the falls...flooded, drenched both of us, never witnessed pouring rain the way I did... my heart never pulsated like the way it did..,  a ruby-crowned kinglet crooned inside me,   heart leapt and almost burst with a sensation of craziest happiness,  rapt with profound sadness.. with the anticipation of losing you.   Reminiscences transformed into.... dreams~ one pearl gets found from thousands of seashells, found my pearls in the ocean of memories.  November 4, 2020 For "Have I Ever Told You That" Poetry Contest Sponsor: John Lawless