It was a time of love

It was a time when there was love everywhere. When tables overflowed with cheer and children snuggled up for comfort and warmth. Love permeated everything we did and followed us everywhere we went.

It reverberated through music, it gathered around us whenever we were all together and we all carried pieces home with us in photos and leftover dinners.

While now to lament love lost, I try to revel in Love's memories. Past lives, past embraces and the constant tug at heartstrings when looking back brings a smile or a warmth from within.

Oh, to be a keeper of time and a vessel of all that once was good! We eat the fruit of the past and sustain our lives with its sweet nectar. Awash in the softness of a kiss and embraced in the weightlessness of a hug.

Oh, come back, sweet life! I have missed you. Let it be, my mind says, for it will never return except in dreams. But, I know better. I know that once was will come again and beak me from my earthly bonds. And love will find its way home once more.

© DD Corbitt