…that you had known love

You always thought
that you had known love
with all its harmonies
and contrasts
lightly touched
strokes of emotions
that painted their colours
into your mind
in a tapestry
of longing and silence

yet like snowflakes
are ever fleeting
love was always so fragile
you existed
in a complex dichotomy
where the soft ripples
of memories
always drew you
back to the pain

and then suddenly
you found the one
the one
who with their silence
spoke to you
of all those things
that had forever haunted you

and now you know
why yesterday
has followed you everywhere
© Ann Bagnall