Following correspondence with a dear friend and frequent source of inspiration – Carla Milho, a lovely lady and talented writer hailing from Lisbon, Portugal – I wrote this poem…
Hearts in Hands of Time
A locket lost in the sands of time
On a beach, on a date, long ago
As lovers captured a setting sun
Holding hands, moving close, hearts aglow
In the years since passed
Now, a quiet life
With the fire kept warm, alive
Down memory lane
As husband and wife
Still in love, on a moonlight drive
In the twilight between dusk and dawn
Step by step, tracking prints, shifting sand
Reflections on gold, one summer night
Found again, on the beach, hand in hand
ยฉ 2022 Phil Perkins
PHOTO CREDIT: modified photo from unsplash.com.

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