I Remember Then

A Poem, by C.J. Heck

I love writing poetry. I especially love writing poetry about a time, a place, or a person that touched my heart in some way a long time ago.

Sometimes, the poem is so close to being true, it’s almost autobiographical. Sometimes the poem is full of wishful thinking and there isn’t a thread of truth on any line.

My challenge when I write a poem is to touch your heart and allow you to feel that it really could have happened …

I Remember Then
by C.J. Heck

I remember many things
about those days and you.

I remember looking
into deepest eyes
and staring,
like I couldn't
get deep enough,
then burning
the love I saw there
into a memory
to keep for all time.

I remember how
total silence could be so
comfortable and how it
was the first time in my life
I ever felt that to be so.

I remember how safe I
felt with you. Even how 
you said my name was 
different, and thinking,
even my name 
is safe in your mouth 
the way you say it.

I remember 
how sometimes
we made love all night, 
and stayed in bed all day, 
then skinny dipped
to cool the places
our loving heated up.

I remember 
lying in your arms 
in the afterglow,
thinking how profound, 
the way the brain
hitches a ride
when the body
does all the work.

You were my miracle
in our own short season
and I still remember
the last time I saw you.
I will never forget 
the sadness that was 
there in your eyes.

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