Details Do Not Come Easily

Details do not come easily to me

But when shown a photograph it astounds

How past events come to mind vividly

And memories that hid themselves come ‘round.

Not only the thought but the emotion

Surfaces; our hearts flutter, faces flush,

Smiles grow, eyes tear in near devotion

As back to that special moment we rush.

We have pictures of our twenty-one years

That take us back to those cherished moments;

Times we don’t want to forget, times so dear;

Of our love they stand as testament.

These pictures are but preface and prelude

Of eternity ahead for us two.

August 2013