Lost Worlds Remade Anew Poem by Michael Burch

Lost Worlds Remade Anew
by Michael R. Burch

Yesterday I saw you
as the snow flurries died,
spent winds becalmed.
When I saw your solemn face
alone in the crowd,
I felt my heart, so long embalmed,
begin to beat aloud.

Was it another winter,
another day like this?
Was it so long ago?
Where you the rose-cheeked girl
who slapped my face, then stole a kiss?
Was the sky this gray with snow,
my heart so all a-whirl?

How is it in one moment
it was twenty years ago,
lost worlds remade anew?
When your eyes met mine, I knew
you felt it too, as though
we heard the robin's song
and the sky was turning blue.

Keywords/Tags: high school, reunion, rendezvous, love, reconciliation, reconnecting, rekindling, desire, renewal, renaissance, attraction, kiss, winter, embalmed, spring, resurrection, hope, happiness, joy