Once upon a morning’s first light I woke from the magic of dream,

The wonder of dreams makes love more possible than it may seem,

They enlighten the heart with possibilities of being loved and more,

For me it is in dreams I discovered I could be loved by she I adore,

From on high I soared into the wake of your love as you flew before,

As in my youth you seemed so unreachable that from afar, I would adore,

And in flight’s wake you flew as you too gave chase in hopes of love,

Updrafts from the unknown lifted me high that I might see from above,

In the mist of moonlight beams the wake of flight was seen in vapors trail,

Large circles of flight with trails behind seemed to imply you chased as well,

To the east I saw a faint ember of red as earth’s rotation brings light to day,

Or was it the flame of love and hope burning bright to show me the way,

Suddenly my every thought and effort was of you and for you as I flew,

Impressions left upon me like chiseled granite were memories of you,

And deep within me a small crack in love’s granite became visible and clear,

The fear that I could one day lose you became a tremendous powerful fear,

In games of the mind and dreams magical land I slowed in flight for you,

That you could catch me was the easiest path to catching you as I flew,

Suddenly I was upon solid ground with the wings of an angel wrapped around,

I breathed in deeply the fresh morning air filtered by your hair in love’s surround,

An enlightenment came upon me as memories of first loving you were in flow,

You’ve chased as I have chased and in circles of chase we flew with each in tow,

Particles of sunlight seemed to penetrate the mist as moonlight still shined,

A morning moon embraced by first light is a rare romantic lover’s find,

To see the sun kiss the moon good morning is rare for those of late rise,

More rare upon this earth is that a morning angel brings me “morning surprise”,

Seldom do I rise with daylight’s first embrace of earth for an early start,

But it is I that is greeted by a morning angel whom I love with all my heart,

A poem I remember from long ago is written for you down below,

From a rhyme written for you comes words of love that I still know,

Though written before my reveal of verses I had written just for you,

I present them to you in this poem with my love flowing through,

“As moonlight slowly left dim behind for the day to begin,

My thoughts were of you and the morning mood I am in,

The beauty of youth overtook you and your radiant smile,

Have I been the benefactor of your sweet love all the while,

Is it true the words you said after our first loving kiss,

Your smile broke to say  “I’ve waited for years for this”,

And tonight you said you love me so I sat in my car near you,

The aura of love I feared departing so I stayed within view,

Now sunshine kisses moonlight goodbye, I too must go,

I will return to you tonight and allow my love to show,

To say I love you and to hear the words said to me too,

Is all I have ever dreamed of, I’m so in love with you.”

(Last three verses August 1970)

The end, by Pat for Patti