Tested
Night rolls in.
Gone is the wind.
Fireflies dancing in our eyes.
A night bird singing as he flies.
Our thoughts turn to long ago.
A footprint lost in the snow.
Where we went in the winter.
The cabin where you got the splinter.
The time we had snuggling together.
We didn’t worry about the weather.
Snowed in for at least a week.
We had enough food to eat.
The seeds that we did sow.
We are still watching them grow.
The flickering firelight.
As we sat snuggled together tight.
The world in all its marvelous ways
has not erased those seven days.
The night rolls in.
Gone is the wind.
Fireflies dancing in our eyes.
Being together has been our lives.
Neither of us has any regrets.
Were still together, we’ve passed the test.
—————————————————R. W,. Johnson—–(2014)