I watch you, as you walk away
without a backward glance...

Peaceful recollections blur sharp edges
as under summers sun time reverses...

A simple thing,
a fleeting touch of fingers hardly felt...

On rheumatic finger once slender and lithe,
Pearlescent gem still proudly resides...

The world turns
and in the blinking of an eye...

Today I caught my mind as it was
thinking of the past...

Hand in hand they dance between
my childhood memories...

Silence spreads thickly like cream on jam filled...
as rose tinted memories flood mind longing for...

Time flies.
With every blink another year...

The ache never leaves,
a constant reminder...

Bristles caress canvas,
unloading their vibrant content...

Moments caught forever
in a single blinking click...