WHEN I LOVED YOU

WHEN I LOVED YOU
(THE OLD MAN REMEMBERS)

Life meant the most somehow,
When I loved you.
When passion flowed like some moonlit fountain
Beside the Eiffel Tower
Or in the shadow of Big Ben.

When we were young and twirled in the sky
And took long walks at midnight beside the London Eye
And shone as bright as pure spun gold.

When you loved me and that love did flow,
Healing like a blessed savior.

Togetherness was ours to savor,
Like caviar or a sweet Sangria.
Sitting on the sofa,
Meryl Streep in Mama Mia.

And all our best laid plans,
The tender heart of my tender man
Lit the future like the glow of an Olympic torch.
The frolicking at Mardi Gras, the mischief on the porch.

Life rose and took its bow and basked in its ovation
And you became my hero, my strength and my salvation.
You found me and you held me and something stirred within my soul.

And at last I was complete and whole,
At long last I was free,
In those sacred golden years
When I loved you and you loved me.

-Bruce Potts
Copyright 2009
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED