Desire Still for One Soft Moment

Sometimes, desire is inadmissible
attraction anonymous and hidden from view;
in the flowerbed of the furthest corner of a garden
gentle delivery unexpected - the softest kiss
most beautiful then and ever since.

Even under shrubbery I guess they knew but because of you
they kept silent envy.

Years then passed in different worlds;
that gave us both the same -
the right place for tender love -
our babies placed in our arms.

So many forget the good moments of foolish days
so if you remember, do so for them .
This road takes courage, its aching regrets unsalvageable.
Pursuing our history deepens the loss
and forgetting it will starve us.

The way to survive with this one way ticket,
diversion, delays and departures we missed,
is to invite in the memory yet shun nostalgic wants,
find strength to be steadfast to what we've made right.

Then, when accepted, immutable past
and the present it led to will warm us again,
that moment years ago that briefly felt so good.