Laughter and Dancing

They met still young before children arrived
with love in their hearts and stars in their eyes
a future unfurled beneath sunrises,  sunsets
a world of youth left behind in their wake
with dreams or hopes that hid in the mist

of days that rolled out into months and years
enhanced with laughter and bittersweet tears
but he laughed and she danced to the music sweet
of life’s changing Seasons a tentative beat

times were a wash with hardship and longing
of dreams sought,  built on sand always shifting
where the sun might shine bright in her eyes
she would dance,  be young and he would sigh

once were parted,  now a story of one more chance
he is laughing as he is watching her dance
&  if you listen closely to the heavens above
are entwined in the sunset, both still in love
where eternity unfurls and the sun has risen

© March 2021 Renee Espriu

This poem dedicated to my dad who passed away March 13, 2021. A long life of laughter. He will be missed.

The Photo Taken is My Own of My Dad and I a Few Years Back.