Love Again

When in the dark, I saw them kiss
Two lovers embraced with dreamy bliss,
I laughed within myself at this
Ridiculous false display
For if life had taught me nothing else
But this, that love was for myself
And in the hands of someone else
It got trampled along the way.

She was a beauty with raven hair
With elegant form and looks to spare
The way she kissed him standing there
Was criminal to say the least
He stood firm, ‘bout six-foot-two
With muscled frame through and through
Her plans for him he never knew
The eternal nature of the beast

Through tiny portal of human affair
One can look, but never be aware
Of details private, held in the care
Of two lovers in the dark
Her future bright and his becomes dim
The finger points at either one of them
For dreams unspoken and silence again
Can douse the loving spark

But not these two, they were different, say
Than casual lovers who lost their way
And in the light of the brilliant day
I saw her chestnut hair
She twirled and danced in her wedding dress
He’s older now than I first assessed
Gray hairs and wrinkles tell it best
Their love’s beyond compare.  

Lovers mature through a shared belief
That difficult days and devastating grief
In the mix of time are relatively brief
When love holds your hand
And if life has taught me nothing else
To put someone’s life before myself
To take my cold heart off the shelf
And learn to love again.