Love

Getting to know you is 
exhilarating. 
Tentatively I reach out with 
a smile, 
a word, 
a touch. 
Your response 
amazes, 
amuses, 
astounds 
me. 
I turn that which I have gleaned 
over and over in my mind 
as I match the pieces 
of the puzzle 
that will reveal 
the real you 
to me. 
I cannot help wondering 
what I will find; 
or how much time I have 
to enjoy you. 
You came into my life 
at a time when I needed something good. 
For that, I will be eternally grateful 
and 
I know that 
one day, 
when I’m old 
and grey 
and senile, 
in some small lucid recess of my mind 
a happy memory will linger. 
A memory of a very special person. 
A person who took the time 
to care, 
to listen, 
to reach out 
and understand. 
A person with the capacity to warm 
a soul that had grown cold. 
A memory of you…

A MEMORY OF YOU