a love story --by louise

a love child
a sweet secret
a certain place
a grown-up memory
of a wild wild night
in the far far north west

swift are the years
silent the promise
a full sized history
claims its own memorial day
between the first
and the last kiss
60 years
have wound down
into an untold story

futile to the mind
restful
unremembering
oh, the green grass
snow on the cedars
that wild wild night
like shooting stars
gently fell
a romance has burnt out

smiles still young
colours enduring
autumn frosts frozen
Wintry leaves waited not
you
me
and the rest
put all our fingers together
let all our eyes shut
leave the dead to peace
the living to live
and the story
to a star