Through Tears And Buried Treasure Poem by Lorraine Margueritte Gasrel Black

Misty as the grey sky
As the fog recedes
Mirrored in my eyes
Unbidden tears I see
Uncovered in the attic's dust
Under layers of debris
Untarnished by Time's eternal rust
I found a memory

The memory in your picture
Treasure of your love
Once held a dream, unnurtured
Once spoke of gentle doves
Your smile and sad eyes
In promises are told
Treasure of sweet paradise
Shared as all life's gold

As I set you in my album
I blow away the dust
With courage to summon
To look again I must
If only I could replay
Time...bring it to life now
I could look upon the day
At a dream, unfollowed

Lost as memory's treasure
Joy once lived on and in
To share life's lasting pleasure
Love still burns within
Uncovered tears forever
O the memories my beloved
As time touched it-never
To be. O infinite is love.

I'm glad that I once knew
Untarnished gift of heart
That special someone, you
Though I had to bid you part
For in dreams to realise, must
As reality gave its turn
When I look behind at us
Time freezes as it burns.

The night we turned away
In anger and in fears
Your sadness hid-fateful day
I tried to hide my tears
Though buried deep within my heart
Now uncovered by the dew
As we now live worlds apart
Joy sparks those dreams anew

Though as your picture lays
Sleeping in my book
In tribute to you I say
O, to treasure one more look;
The choice in dreams unfollowed
As your fading picture lives
Look forward not in sorrow
At the treasure.O you give

For the promises which held us
As loving hands are stilled
Still live untarnished, in dust
As frozen as God's Will
Though frost has stayed your motion
And the twinkle in your eyes
Remains as my heart's tokens
In a memory that won't die.

If we could have danced forever
And never said good-bye
Found then lost, Time's measure
In a love song sad am I
For you, the magic moment
Sweet melody had graced
And now in deepest torment
I gaze upon your face.

Through tears and buried treasure
The embers burn on and in
To once share the sweetest pleasure
And bare the soul within
For as you now lay sleeping
As infinity holds the sky
In this small keepsake, keeping
Only you twice held my eyes.