Summer Love Poem by Barry Middleton

I knew the summer wind
and moonlight on the bay
and a girl with auburn hair
who took my cares away

they say first love is lost
on foolish whims of youth
I know in growing old
that certainly is the truth

I have not met the man
who'd not return to times
of stars and secret vows
to stroll beneath the pines

when silver ribbons fall
on waters black as night
a kiss can banish pain
as passion's fires ignite

but dawn returns our grief
for every night must end
with lovers lost in time
and never found again