“Imprinted In My Mind”

A scene from when I was sixteen
I can’t remember the place
Nor the families who formed the group at the picnic
I was sitting on the grass enjoying the autumn sun
Watching the new comers park their van
A sudden gust of wind
A sense of magic was in the air
Autumn leaves floating
The Fair Ones at play
My first lesson of how love should be
It was only the two of them
A beautiful redhead tall and slender
Her love bald and a head shorter
A smiling gentleman
Contented and one with each other and the universe
The love between them a blind man could sense
Was it just me?
No one else seemed to have noticed
There was a mystical feeling in the air
Intensely loving she let go of his hand
What I could read from his body language
He’s promise to be careful as he kissed her lips
Before finding his way down the steep down hill
I was watching her anxious pacing
Frown between her brows
The few minutes that her love was gone seemed like forever
More time passed
Again a gust of wind magically lifting the leaves from the ground
When she saw her love
She ran forward to meet him
They kissed and embraced
Time stood still
Ever since
I have dreamed of the same...