We watched the iron tubes
floating slowly up the Thames
giant parts on a freight barge
I remember him saying
look, that’s the Eye
it was on its way
to its resting place on the south bank
we had no idea then
Just what we were witnessing?
we were too busy kissing and frolicking
of course, as young lovers do
sunday’s were magical back then
and now?
more than twenty years have passed
when I see the enormous London Eye
from the plane descending into my darling Heathrow
flying close to all the famous landmarks
and the captain announces
“ Ladies and Gentlemen on your right you can see the eye”
especially when it’s daylight and the sky is clear blue
it reminds me of my youth
and my innocence and those first kisses
that will always be within my heart
hidden in a secret box of ageless love.