A Faint Flickering
/A faint flickering of light catches my attention
And lingering just a moment
Illuminates aged memories
And emotions long forgotten
Another place and time
Brought forward to here and now
I see a verdant green field
The grass, high, spotted with bluebells and daisies
Sunlight mottling a languid brook
Her flaxen hair
Catching in the high weeds
As we lie in the lengthening shadows
of the ebbing day
Butterflies flit along the edges of our space
And what I thought the fluttering swish of their wings
Is her low laughter at the sheer joy
Of the monarchs passing over us
A slight catch of breath
Startles me from my reverie
Returning me to the present
I look again for the spark that sent me so gently into the past
But with the shedding of a single, warm tear
And touch of soft hand
Find the light
Extinguished
By Mike Turner
From: United States
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