Unshaded Glades

Unshaded Glades In that distant land of remembered time, I walked sunlit paths only lovers know, With sharpened spirit and youth’s hope filled prime In that fast fading past of long ago. When life’s concerns were but a fleeting shade, An interlude, cast on the day's clear glow, An uncertain light in a sunlit glade From which two lovers future story grows. And now; recalled through those blurred ages past, That distant scene is seen through time dimmed eyes, O’er that far remembered tryst, shadows cast Where parting lovers spoke their last goodbyes. Now, a wistful yearning absorbs my mind. Where, new unshaded glades are there to find? Barry Stebbings March, 2023