I saw the world in your eyes,
Watched as time moved forward
But I stood transfixed by your gaze.
Moments led to days, days to years
But I stood at that spot held by you,
Letting reality leave me behind.
I grasped tightly to that promise,
To that world in your eyes
Until it was the only ground,
The only solid footing I knew.
Content in that moment shared
Long ago when we were young,
Too content to see that this ground,
Your ground, was moving from under me.
Those children sharing that memory
Are now a man and a woman,
Two different people disenchanted
By the promises that lay broken
In each other’s eyes.
