Photographer: John Warden   

Two Shadows in the Moonlight
 By: JoAnna Martin

I look back on the days,
days long into the past,
in a time where the moments we shared
went too fast.
Flipping through the pages 
of Collected Memories,
a cherished book existing in my mind
of secret fantasies.
These treasured recollections
that time can’t take away,
hidden within a desire that no one knew existed-
a passion growing day by day.
I know how far away you are 
but somehow I often feel you near.
Alone at night knowing that somehow you’re there,
I try not to shed a tear.
Your tenderness is always with me,
unceasingly warming my heart.
Though the longing inside is so hard to hide,
I go on knowing we’ll never be apart.
You’ll be out there tossing pebbles 
at my window in the night,
knowing soon I'll stand beside you,
two shadows in the moonlight.


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