To the Woman That Was

To the woman that was

Once but never more,

To the woman you were,

Once but never more,

I was the man you loved

Once but never more,

Worthy in a mirrored vision

Of that misty dream

Evergreen, lush, ever near,

You on a bed of memories lay

As the wind sighed its consent

And Time stopped to admire.

Burned by reality

The vision was gone

Lived in a moment

And gone.

Beyond reach, beyond sight,

Beyond the grasp of day or night,

Soul anchored to a memory;

The woman that was

Once, but never more.

To you that were,

But never more.