Granddad's Secret Love
Love is not just for the young
The Pendulum of time is like the Pendulum of love,
anchored in the being that is you.
Your makeup tears hide the fading belle,
who once danced down the Champs –Elysees?
A world now confined to a memory
a memory which runs through my veins every day.
My life is a testament to the past
each wrinkle a journey to where youth was lost
my photo a reminder of better days.
My mind no longer curious
for what lies on the other side of the hill,
like a tree abused by the countless storms, now forgotten
I still stand; face on, to weather life’s misfortunes.
Vows that I have taken, died long ago,
along with my faith
for God and I no longer speak,
a shallow life I have led.
My ambitions entwined in the garden and walks in the park
I thought that time would make my love for you fade
as it ravaged the beauty of our youth.
But when I saw you drenched in mornings sunlight
smelling the blossom on ball gown bushes,
for a brief moment we were young once again.
I caught your eye and memories flooded back,
a strange romantic notion caught me
like a bird who has spent his life in a cage
suddenly freed, yet this cage I fear to abandon.
Silent love is noble, and though it has taken a life time
For me to know this truth,
I understand why the lover cares not for fates demise.
I have spent my life lingering in the darkness between the stars
But now I can look beyond our age for we are two well worn shoes
Comfortable and secretly loved
We are silent lovers, who have spent a life time together,
Living in our dreams and thoughts,
Speaking different silences,
Which say all that is needed to know?
For our souls will always listen
and our hearts will always be in love.
And only you and I will know.
(2011)
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