Moment in Time

Do you remember saying that we would
never have this moment again, the sheer
perfection of it, when worlds don't collide
and everything sits on an even axis.
I don't think I believed you then and even now
while I know that this moment has been and gone,
I still remember listening to the music that drifted
across the fields, the wind pushing into our direction
and how we swayed, the warm breezes curling,
we did funny twirls and laughed at our mismatched
feet, then somehow synchronised, while at night
those breathless hours, we didn't lie entwined,
you hurt my soul and I bruised you with
vocabulary, my aria, clear as it pierced hearts,
for never would there be a clarity ever again.
We had our moment and it passed, we hardly realised,
I picked up my hair, wound it into a knot
and pushed underneath the brim of a hat,
those were my ascot days of strapless sundresses
and flawlessness, yours were jeans and mean expressions,
wearing a guitar on your back for effect, my fingers
neatly drifted over keys and the wind back then was kind
and we never had that moment, or did we?




Poetry by Elle The PoetBay support member heart!
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Written on 2013-07-12 at 12:35

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Kee Zealy The PoetBay support member heart!
Fact or fantasy or something in between? Perhaps a wish that never occurs. Moments come and go. Memories have a way of developing a rosy glow over time.
2013-08-11


countryfog
So many moments are memorable and remembered only at a remove of time and place, recalled now less with nostalgia than with a kind of care and love of who and where we were and no longer are.
2013-07-14


Lawrence Beck The PoetBay support member heart!
Maybe you had it before it actually arrived. That's happened to me. Great writing, Elle. I especially liked

those were my ascot days of strapless sundresses
and flawlessness, yours were jeans and mean expressions

We've all seen and been these people.
2013-07-13


Nathalia
Don't know what else to say but beautiful, just beautiful.
:-)
2013-07-12