One night aside the Ashley -Cooper

Without much thought I suppose I did what things I did and expected to be whatever was left in my dreams.

Not in time did things said matter,

Nor did the extremes.

She turned and looked, said “Winston” and I accepted.

Life is what you make of it and we never really see,

Until past days long lost and most forgotten,

That what was in our time so far,

So far ahead in deep thoughts now,

Will always be,

In a haze.

Smiling, she asked “drinks”? “That’s right” I said……..

My heart on fire and thoughts of God raced.

I loved Him and knew not his grace,

Nor the darkness which lay ahead so far in this future so planned and placed.

Among the waste and mountains crossed,

I still remember.

“You ready now” I nodded and she took my hand.

I feel the night in humid warmth,

So many years ago,

As clear as it were yesterday and watch it pass so very often,

So very slow.

The lifting up my soul towards heaven,

The whispered sound of her soft voice,

Crystal clear and sweet still now.

“Time for bed” she smiled
“Yes” I said, “it must be time for bed, of course”

That one night riding all alone I flew through streets escaping fears,

This place was truly life I felt,

And raced my heart in thoughts of then,

Of times long past so many years from where I stand, now gone.

Those moments in His presence soon,

Our life which slipped so fast,

Our death now past with him be done.

As nothing in my soul had tasted,

My heart and spirit still embrace,

Those dreams and thoughts so long ago,

Of,

First love,

And Gods grace.