Paris

 

True to legend, April's Paris glistened

romance, and wondering we roamed its streets,

you and I; we drank its wine, we listened as

passing traffic bustled with love, we breathed

hope in spring-green gardens. What circumstance

engendered, we watered and sunned with care.

New-lit eyes illuminated every chance

an undiscovered world; to seek and share and

map unfolding contours, and keep that world

young, became our enterprise. Exploring,

learning city secrets, we slowly unfurled

our sails and voyaged where hearts pulse a more

vital blood, and together we'll discover

everywhere the Paris of our love.

 

 

© Michael Fleming

Paris, France

April 1983

 

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