Lost Time

 

They ran naked

Into the late autumn sun

As if trying to make up

For a lost summer,

Lifetimes nearly done,

Their kisses, their caresses

Devoured like a last meal,

The first after months

Adrift at sea,

They walked through

The Show ‘n’ Shine

Holding each other close,

Reliving lost time

Old loves and affairs

And always that look

When they held each

Other’s eyes,

The look that echoed

Why didn’t we meet

When we were young,

Standing in front of

A 62 Studebaker Avanti

The realization seemed

To hit them for

The first time,

Time gone is time gone,

You can never recover

Lost time.

 

 

Stephen Nesbitt ©

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