Childhood Love
the tv screen in our living room was so black,
When I was a kid, I could see myself in it, I saw myself watching, I saw myself watching
even when the tv was on,
even when super heroes thwarted villains
even when they lived happily ever after
Somehow behind the image
Somehow in front of it When I saw them kiss
I saw the look in their eyes
Flowers beckoned on nature shows
as I gazed at my own reflection from the couch
Feeling and somehow remembering,
a thing I never had
-Mellisa Salazar
Childhood Love
Vivid memories erupt Of decades gone like yesterday For childhood love As wrinkled faces stare each other Reviving the long forgotten love Of gone days
You call in the night I came to you gently pressing my lips to yours Your desire whispered in my ears Your pleas clinging to my soul Like fiery views And each time your body brushes mine I taste a bit of heaven As we fold each other Into the warmth of our hands We scale heights that are great to fathom
And after use gently wind down The ecstacy of being together And the quiet nights shared
Grey haired and wrinkle faced Walking back bent Youthful memories you erupt Of love shared Five decades seeming yesterday With youthful pictures Preserved in old age.
-julius Lenaiyarra
