There Was A Time
There was a time,
When words flowed between us,
Like the eddies in a brook,
Swirling ‘round the rocks
In our stream of consciousness,
Picking up bits of mental flotsam,
And carrying them to
Each other,
Like little gifts of love.
There was a time,
When we invented words,
To describe feelings that were
Too new to have descriptions,
Or even names,
But, in our hearts,
We knew what they meant.
There was a time,
When it only took your sigh,
To tell me that you were
Sending me the love of
A lifetime,
And I could say thank you
With just a smile.
But that was a time,
Long ago,
And all I have left are
The echoes of those words,
And the worn out phrases,
That look like, “I love you”,
But sound like a muffled bell,
A voice, fading slowly away,
Into the growing mist.