FIRELIGHT

Yesterday was like forever

Like ever falling in a dream

The minutes turned to hours

Feeling stuck there in between

The evening I had spent with you

And the one about to come

You had left me struck with awe

And had left me all but dumb

The notion you were flawed

Your simple insecurities

Only brought to light, your beauty

And highlighted your maturity

You're a woman all in all

With still the longings of a girl

Who still hopes her knight will come

Sweep her up and change her world

Spent the day in limbo

In my hangover of you

And though I fought the day to pass

There was naught that I could do

And yet slowly seconds passed

Like the clink and clank of steel

Could hear the sound of second hands

As they turned around their wheel

Back-and-forth our interaction

Brought us closer to the eve

To the time when work would pass

To the time that I could leave!

Then I was off and racing home

Prepare the night 'fore your arrival

Set hard to every task

As if cause for my survival!

Then phone rings – you're on the way

Lost to smiles and resplendence

Like a child Christmas morn

Waiting eagerly for presents!

Then came lights, approaching car

Of my newest, dearest, friend to me

Then I was struck by Love again

You're even greater than my memory!

What comes next's another poem

And will take cover of the night

Will take the moon up high above me

Bathing in my firelight