Distill a lifetime into Kodak moments
Sepia toned, some white-washed with heart and guts cut out
Time will dim them further
A melody may refresh them for a moment
A tune caught as I flip through the songs on my satellite radio
Pulls my mind back to days in
Blue skies and clouds like spun cotton
Running barefoot through the tall grass
Falling hard as we laugh into the soft ground
Lying on our backs staring up at that great big glowing orb
Daring our eyes not to close and succumb to its rays
Pulling back the petals of the honey-suckle to reveal that
Singularly perfect drop of sweetness
Placing it in each other’s mouths carefully
Reminiscent of the servants of Cleopatra feeding her large purple grapes
How we laughed and loved in that field by the brook
Sharing our stories, our words and our music
Combining our hearts until they beat as one
Until we no longer existed as separate entities, but as one unified soul
We promised to be together forever
That no matter what our futures held,
We would return to the place of our birth
To the land that had nurtured our secrets
To reunite our souls for eternity
As the last strains of the song ebb away from my car speakers
I am left with an empty hole in the pit of my being
A part of me had been resurrected for a moment
And in that instant, all those feelings came rushing back
The feeling of what forever means
And how sometimes, forever isn’t always meant to be
Copyright Michelle Beckham-Corbin
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