I remember many things <br />about those days and you. <br /> <br />I remember staring into brown eyes <br />as though I couldn't get enough of them, <br />then burning the love I saw there <br />into a memory to keep for all time. <br /> <br />I remember how with you, <br />total silence could be so comfortable, <br />and how it was the only time <br />in my life I ever felt that to be so. <br /> <br />I remember how safe I felt with you. <br />Even the way you said my name <br />was different from how others said it <br />and I remember feeling <br />that even my name <br />was safe in your mouth. <br /> <br />I remember how sometimes <br />we made love all night <br />and stayed in bed all day, <br />then skinny dipping <br />to cool down <br />all the secret places <br />our lovemaking heated up. <br /> <br />I remember lying in your arms <br />in the afterglow and thinking <br />how profound it was, <br />the way the brain hitched a ride <br />when the body did all the work. <br /> <br />You were my miracle <br />in our own short season, <br />and it makes me remember <br />the last time I saw you <br /> <br />because I will never forget <br />the pain of my loss.<br /><br />C.J. Heck<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-remember-then/
