Free Love? Poem by patricia Northall

Things may not be the same as they were,
And may never be the same again.
But the time was, when you looked into my eyes,
I heard your sighs, and I knew it could never be.
This feeling was completely new to me, but,
You were the one who helped me to understand
That all I had to do was to hold my hand.

Our time together was very brief, but, perhaps
Those moments can never be compared
To a lifetime shared.
Because the understanding we were able to reach,
Some may never learn, and others cannot reach.

To others it may seem to be, everything is
As it used to be, but this very unpractised verse
Is to say, your love and our time together
I think of, and hold to me every day.
Time, and the years, may take all my fears away,
But your understanding need, and all you were,
Time is no master there.

I do rule my heart, even if I must listen to my head,
And when, as very often they do,
My thoughts return to you, these are the times
When my heart really knows how to feel free.