The least of my thoughts are seldom of you- <br />only occasionally now <br />do the images flash- <br />those vague shreds of the past <br />which often sideswipe my mind <br />while I am doing something else. <br /> <br />The least of my heartbeats <br />are barely audible now, <br />I am smoothing out that rough road <br />which once was <br />our love. <br /> <br />But, I know your least <br />filled my every need <br />and only twice do I think of you now <br />but these two <br />are day and night. <br /> <br />My heart can't afford now other surcease <br />in this; <br />My mind cannot suffice it; <br />My heart continues to beat <br />least it stop forever <br />suspended in bliss, <br />the bliss that was <br />the least of which <br />was more than <br /> <br />I have ever known. <br /> <br />I take these soft laments <br />with me into the You Time <br />which I allow my self <br /> <br />only twice each day- <br />all day <br />and all night- <br />because my consolation <br />there, <br /> <br />even in residual, <br />is almost enough <br />so sweet it is <br />being with you <br />even in this inward way <br />testifies to the strength <br />that was <br />our love. <br /> <br />If there were more than day <br />and night <br />you'd find me there, <br />you on my mind. <br /> <br /> <br />I'll not say farewell to this <br />I don't have the strength. <br /> <br /> <br />I draw my breath, <br />breathe you in <br />and Time recedes <br />reuniting us. <br /> <br /> <br />Who could resist this? <br /> <br />Time Here Receding <br />offers Bliss, <br />And I am its willing prisoner.<br /><br />Lonnie Hicks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/time-receding/
