The frosty windowpane
Blurs the willow’s leaves
Gently dancing the morning breeze.
Memories, pale with age
Flash vividly for a moment,
And quickly disappear.
Sorrow and laughter,
Reconciled at last,
Join hands and accept each other.
The heart remembers
Love given and received,
Lessons learned and forgotten,
Promises kept or not.
Childhood prayers
Return to welcoming lips
And discarded dreams
Briefly nest once more
On a chest warm with longing
Before fading again.
Dreamy eyes understand
And instantly forgive
Without so much as a whisper.
Early sunlight kisses the eyes,
This time from inside.
The hand holds a small handkerchief
Still damp with morning tears.