The Memory Lane ©

I was walking down that path tonight;

Our "Memory Lane" where we used to go out.

Suddenly, it was no longer the white streetlights

And a blithe spring evening glow came about!

Two juveniles I saw, you and me

Walking on the grass in childlike grace,

The lad knelt down, and kissed her hands

And stood up, engulfing her in their first embrace.

The field dissolved into an autumn evening.

You inched your little finger, hooking it onto mine

And a balmy kiss on my cheek you bestowed

That swept me off my feet, right onto Cloud Nine!

The evening faded into a starry, winter night;

And there you were, pulling me in haste

For a passionate goodbye kiss in the moonlit woods,

Not letting any moment of solitude go waste.

I held out my hand for you, in anticipation

When the spell of the magical past broke!

The streetlights were back, and you weren't next to me

My heart grew heavy with lovelorn yoke.

Tentatively, I looked back to trace you there

Darkness was all I saw, like the sight of the blind

And with the sigh and misty eyes, I walked away

Leaving those mellifluous memories, far behind....