one glance

One glance is enough to take me back, To a time where every heartbeat was yours, Where memories of us never lacked, And love was the compass that forever endures. One glance, and I’m transported again, To moments when your smile was my dawn, When all my thoughts would gently bend, To the sweetness of a love that was never withdrawn. One glance, and you invade my day, A ghost that dances in the corners of my mind, You paint my world in shades of grey, Yet in those hues, your essence is entwined. One glance, and I’m lost in a reverie, Where every second echoes with your name, Where the past and present softly marry, And the hurt of yesterday seems tame. One glance, and my heart yearns anew, To fall in love as if for the first time, To be enraptured by the old, familiar view, To bask in a love so sublime. One glance, and pain becomes a whisper, Lost in the soft embrace of your eyes, The echoes of hurt begin to falter, As your gaze silences my cries. One glance, and I am reborn, In a world where only you exist, Where the wounds of time are gently worn, And every scar is softly kissed. So, let that glance linger long, For in i