The television for company on a night of grueling paperwork

When a voice rips into my soul, my head flies up with a jerk

Bygone feelings flow as I turn and stare at my TV screen

Transfixed, I began to smile, for once again I am eighteen

A love from over thirty years past, smiling, staring back at me

His voice reverberating in my brain, bringing me back to reality

Grabbing for the remote, I hit ‘record’ just in the nick of time

As the sweet memories bubble, surface, and arouse my very mind

Did he ever know what he meant to me before I walked away?

Our lives took different paths before my heart ever had its say

My first taste of youthful love; discovery, passion, and freedom

Now emotions sweeping over me causing me to take action

My trusted computer and Google quickly brings me up to speed

Married, two grown children, living just a few miles from me

Nostalgia wraps my heart in longing and overwhelms my brain

But with my lovely memories, a fantasy he shall remain