Past Passion

My lady and I

her head upon my shoulder

together,

closely together we sit

my arm nestled onto

the softness of her lap,

her hand upon my thigh.

Closely we sit

my lady and I

loving the closeness

savoring the comfort.

She,

my lady well in her sixties

me,

myself well in my seventies

now yet love flows

now quietly

now softly

yet passion still here,

yet desire still here

now

though urges yet strong,

now,

she,

my lady well in her sixties

me,

myself well in my seventies, 

still...

if years rolled back;

forty for my lady

fifty for me

my lady sensing the

passion of forty years

past

myself sensing the

passion of fifty years past

for

if she,

if my lady

were but well in her twenties

and me,

myself but well in my thirties

passion we felt

still here

desire we felt

still here.

But now

my lady well in her sixties

but now

myself well in my seventies

passion still here,

desire still here

urgent need...

urgent need

now met

with soft,

quiet intimacy.