A lifetime bare

A burden in the afternoon

like lightning in the dark

and when the night stars disappeared

the evening met with stark

And yet the sunlight would return

so long as hope was there

and what was once a semblance of

would strike a newfound care

They will not speak of what had been

or what had now become

all they knew was memories grew –

two intertwined as one

And as the hands of time would turn

their wondrous love affair

would speak to kindred spirits (sought)

and lay a lifetime bare.