Remembrance

So often up the hill we trod this path, A simple thatch-roofed croft our goal, Our shared safe haven, now so long ago. Little we cared about the wintry blasts That tested every sinew to the core. Steadfast, our own four walls withstood The ofttimes howling stormforce all around. This was our forever place, our mutual pleasure, On which again I gaze, now bent with age. Our carefree youthful footsteps I've retraced. Can the mind's eye so soon diffuse And fade a face so well defined and loved ? Perhaps, in sleep, a soft-edged memory appears, A resurrection in some distant place, Then gone again in morning light. Twin-barbed, remembrance is both sweet and sour, Joy and sadness intertwined, as were we. Sad for things that are no more, our perfect harmony, Kind thoughts exchanged, yet joyful still In equal measure.The passing years will not diminish Or erase the loving heartfelt words you penned For me in sweetest rhyme. Held ever close Within my heart, they are forever you, A dear and lasting treasure, as our love lives on.