Love Revisited

Love Revisited He welcomed the somber silence, and cursed the torpid time that had passed since his last visit. Invasive weeds had overrun the place: Colorful weeds ‘tis true strange purples, yellows and rusty reds, scattered here and there embellishing the lonely place. He sat on a stone and stared into a void. Memories rushed into being: memories long pushed back, where murky banks held telltale thoughts he always wished to repress. How beautiful she was so long ago! Could he forget that beauty after so many years? It was not important. He loved her still. A feeble bunch of forget-me-nots Would mark the place he saw her last. Were they enough to convince her soul that he loved her still? No matter. She deserved more that a small poesy of low cost frivolous flowers, bought on the spur of the moment as if their offer would alone atone for his disloyal past. Is it not strange that after all these years. he had come to pay his respects? To remember the good and the bad? The happiness and the sadness? The dreams and hopes and the disappointments they shared together. Yet together they made it, They survived until some years ago A heart block killed her. Now she lived in a better place And he could do nothing but sit alone grieving and thinking fondly of her. All around was silence Except for the dirge of the cicadas song. In his yearning, he discerned: sometimes love is not enough.