A Love Poem

Out of nowhere

you came,

and smiling all the way home

I left you,

but not for long.

Feelings forgotten,

perhaps never known,

smother me with welcome warmth.

I write love poems

in my mind.

Words never reach paper.

They vanish all too quickly,

too intense to save,

too new to be made common.

I tilt my head, blushing,

as I remember you.

Your arms are around me still,

and I feel your pleasure,

mine too.

Tomorrow, together

we begin again.

Our days will not be numbered.

The smile, returned,

will last forever.

Judith DeChesere-Boyle

1993 – Revised 2013

For my husband, Rick