When I held you in my arms

As I slipped away so calm

I wanted it to be forever

Feeling you breathe easier



You did murmur so loud ...

As we did ascend to clouds

And the beauty you were

Awoke me with a stir



Tears came down my face

As I realized the space

We shared for a week

As each other's cheeks



Became on fire with the rush

Now would only exist in brush

Fires over barren lands 

Covered only with sand



Blowing over the memory

Which lives on in a story

Of the love we both were

In the short time we stirred



Each other's minds and hearts

As we expressed it in cards

We did ante up as we dared

To become one, and shared



All we had of ourselves

As we rode on, shelled

Of all our inhibitions

Towards life's lesson



The rush so fast to love

Can never be placed above

Needs of space and time 

Which is a much more 

             gradual climb



- Tristram