Today, Tomorrow, Forever

There's a sun drenched scene 

passing through my window

And, for one perfect hour...

you paint the hills golden 
with your soft dimming light

I watch you from a distance

...watch you slowly slip away...

disappear beyond the horizon, 
to light some other mountain

your light was a gift unto my world

i just wish you could have stayed a little longer

given me just another hour

I should have been more present

...instead of focusing to capture you
 in the frame of my picture,

I should have held you in my memory,

convinced you to stay,

to dance,

in the pale yellow haze, 
of your effervescent beauty

Today
Tomorrow

Forever