TODAY

TODAY

Today is picture perfect

The sky is a gentle blue

Just the special type of day

To spend some hours with you.

Let's sit beside the river

And watch the ripples as they flow

Onward and forward they travel

To where we cannot know.

Let's find some shade from the sun

And feel the gentle breeze,

Treasured memories are gathered

On Autumn days like these.

Let's whisper deepest secret thoughts

Discussion without fears,

Let's laugh and talk and ponder

Let's wipe away the tears.

Autumn leaves we can gather

And release them on the flow

Just like our innermost thoughts

Who knows where they will go.

Will they bounce up the crest

Or be taken down below

Will our shared thoughts be deep ~

Only we can ever know.

Let's drag sticks through the water

And find some leafy glade,

A special time of friendship

We'll be glad that we have stayed.

We will remember the sunshine

The shade and the trees,

We will remember today

And the making of memories.

So when the shadows lengthen

And there is a coolness in the air,

The pain of ending this rendezvous

Will be much too much to bear.

But as days go hastening on

And the seasons change once more,

We can always revisit this day

By stepping through memory's door.

©  Linda J. Vaughan

March 7th. 2012

Written with love for someone very special.