Laughing lovers, holding hands, caressing,
Sharing dreams, mutual care expressing,
Youth and love hand in hand, walk beside me.
If love was dealt to me unkindly
Such a time remembering days long gone,
Left to build but faded memory upon.
Viewing you, aware of the weak façade
That veiled my own encountered brief charade.
Tender lovers, fear that insecurity possess,
Weeping dreamers, sobbing silently in sad distress,
Affairs that end when youth elusively has passed
Leaving us alone, reconciling shattered vows last,
Clasping hands, touching hearts, in time aging fears deny
Whispered promises, tomorrow’s heartache bid love goodbye.
Claire V. Bogdanos 