Inflection And Innuendo Poem by Barry Middleton

the golden sunrise
afternoon shadows reaching

the splash of color
before the evening fades to gray

a lover's kiss
the laughter of a child

moments are fixed in time
like photographs

moments grow to seasons
and then to years

yet I would not give up
what waits beyond the bend

the unattended mysteries
where dreaming may begin

and too the afterglow
that follows autumn wine

examination and anticipation
what was and what is yet to be

I cannot choose between the two
reality or fantasy