A time ago
I knew you,
Once upon a time.
A Long time has passed
since we’ve seen
each other hence.
How are you now
since you’ve been gone?
Do you remember
who I am?
Are memories still
deep in your heart
of how we used to smile
and catch each other’s eyes?
We’d greet each time
we’d chance to meet
and know that life
was just so sweet.
And then in distant places see
the other there, it was so neat.
For then, we’d stare at each other
from a far.
We’d be so mesmerized
by the other,
that’s all we’d see,
no one else mattered
we’re all we’d see.
No one else
would catch our eye
for we would be there
and just gaze.
All evening long
that’s all we’d see
the others eyes,
infinitely.
But then the day,
it came, so suddenly
when you were taken
from this world,
to another place
a different space
where there is joy
and all His Grace.
And now, sometimes
I pause and think,
I wonder how you are
and what you’re doing there.
Are you happy?
Are you filled with joy?
Have you found
someone real special
who’s filled your heart
with all their love?
And, how are you there,
with Him above?
You know, I cried
for such a long time
after you’d passed on.
I’d cry myself to sleep
each night,
After you were gone.
But, do you remember
when you came to me
so long ago?
It was almost a year gone by
since you’d been gone.
After you’d gone on
you came to me,
only for a moment
it was, perhaps in a dream.
You stood there,
looking at me
in clothes I’d once seen.
You had a message
just for me,
And then you looked
deep into my eyes
and said so clearly to me:
“I liked you and loved you
more than anyone else,”
And then
you disappeared.
I finally was content
to know the truth
I’d always been wondering about,
and I’ve been calm ever since.
There was a “special” fondness
between us then.
My “special” friend,
How are you now?
Copyright ©2009 Dianne Meldrum
