A time gone by

It was this day a decade ago,

That my heart tumbled and fell,

Hit by a golden lightning arrow

From where it came, I couldn't tell.

An ache, a stab, a pain by any name

Ebbing and rising with time.

I learned to walk, unsteady, nay lame

The heart, healing over time

The ecstasy has faded, a soft spot remains

One question rankles: but why

did your feelings break free from their chains

For one day alone, tell me why?

You may never know where your words took me,

for I traveled back many a birth.

Finding love from a life before

When we were together on this earth.

Embracing the past is a way to heal

Skimming through life, the mind

Pauses, every now and then when it meets

someone with whom one's life is entwined.