If Only You Knew
Each day the glorious glow of sunrise
warmed the wonderful wanderings of my waiting
by the shore of my youth
as I watched you cross the sand from your summer cottage
to the edge of the tides high line
which was wet and cool to the feet
you were the dream which walked by
though many years older
your head turned each time with a smile
my voice was held silent from your beauty
my heart was a trembling pulse of wishes
as I became a stumbling shadow of serene illusions
that I hid in the resolved reason of my mind's renderings
to be visited in the restless nights
of welcomed thoughts with wondrous fantasy
never to have known you
each summer I visit your grave with flowers
and have memories of fictitious flirtations
as I think to myself...If only you knew
10/24/20 contest If only you knew
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