Time Goes Unseen

time goes unseen as it dances across the days
unheard it sings a happy song
unnoticed it soars above the sky
untouched it innocently smiles piroettes of joy
 
only when the music slows          becomes aware
across the room a stained glass mosaic
then does a face surrender the hidden truth
we look down at our dancing shoes

stained and worn                scuffed and scarred
souls revealing all the miles not noticed before
for why would secrets unvail amist young hearts
where years are but pictures           minutes only words

faces once filled with dreams of light
stare through fog covered memories
with eyes of a child, astonished and bewildered
how quickly the dance becomes a walk

faultering upon the stones of the pathway
the song loudly whispers         as the silence grows
the wind painting on a canvas of clouds  
watches the dancers pass as before  

time has hidden the steps again
a tender waltz to romance a past moment
around the floor abandoned       only hope to hold on to 
lost in the eyes of a ghostly partner         one last dance
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015

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