In a Lifetime

Gone now

though never ever there

But there it was in one moment,

Naked feet walking in dewy grass.

Warmth in the sky

Heat everywhere and yet nowhere

But there were the smiles,

The blinding light of the lips could last forever.

There is no pulse, no breath

No minutes or day

But there was a lifetime once,

Lived only by the nights of last.

Now past never revisits

Scenes played out but never lived

But sorrow lost its home,

Contentment presses in eager to shine.