A Summer-Time Tale

Come to me
For you
Have the sweetest taste
Like the orchid fruits we ate
Ripe from the summer sun
Rosie cheeked
Tender skinned
And flesh against flesh
We've known so well
Honest and true
Simple without pain
Complex by nature
Easy to maintain
Where did it go
The warmth
From our summer
Spent grazing
In the long stemmed grass
Rolling in leaves
Tumbling down hills
The way children do
In story books
And fairy tales
Up, off and away
To a Neverland of our very own
Where the sky goes on forever
And the stars are always seen
With a blue light shining
Magic rays out onto the land
And a haven where the moon
Is never too far from hand
Everything would be perfect
Everyone safe, without a care
Sweeping the spaces
Layering with life
Filling the time
And fixing its cracks
What a pretty thought
For a pretty pair to share
A simple kind of world
With a never-ending love
Left open
Like the book
That lay still upon my lap
An effortless tale of beauty
Though uniquely unkept
Helping us to believe
In what may still be in store
Waiting for tomorrow
To come bursting through the doors
For the love that is known
Is never too far from home
Should we just
Take one last breath
And open our eyes
And ears
And hearts
To a summer-time tale
And a forever-time love