I Knew You When - For CQS - Poetry - http://maxpages.com/adriano/I_Knew_You

I knew you when youth was fresh
and time was not so fleeting.
When at first glance you stole my heart
I knew you then compleatly.
As December's dusk consumed the light
and you first pronounced your love
With child-like trembling and an anxious eye
you waited longing for my reply.
What else could I have said, but, "I love you?"

I knew you when the day was young,
when cares were weightless still.
Where all our dreams stood all around
like wildflowers in a field.
Dreams scattered 'round within our grasp,
but, elusive all the same.
Where we swore to pick each other's up
and hand out a dream bouquet.
Ah, sweet innocent youth.

I knew you when your tender touch
was eagerly, ever near.
When your softest kisses like shy silk
slid sultry across my skin.
When just looking in your eyes, those sweet eyes,
could make me laugh and smile and cry.
Somehow you touched me, everywhere
and embraced my very soul.
Undying, endless, changeless love.

I knew you when the door closed
when we both nearly cried at parting.
In a cold and heartless world
no one paused to care.
Are you lonely for me too, wishing I was there?
Now I think of you too often
This I know but can't regret, then,
I pause to think of life without you and
think of how I knew you when...

--For CQS

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