Carlisle Wheeling

In a long and involved conversation with myself

I saw precious things come into view

When I poured through the files

Taken off my mental shelf

I dusted off some memories of you

Then I thought about the time

When our affair was green

How the phoenix of our love

First flapped its silken wings

All the urgency and passion

Of each new day as it happened

And how it all mellowed as it grew



I remembered the times that our laughter would explode

And how you would turn to hide your smile

Then the hours of silence while a perfumed candle glowed

And both our thoughts meandered on for miles

I remembered the time I said I really had to go

I remembered the tears that filled your eyes

Then I touched your hand and told you

That it really was a lie

And though you never knew it, dear, I cried



It's amazing how time can so softly change your ways

And make you look at things that can't be seen

How the years that roll by can start you listening

Not just to what they say, but what they mean

So forgive me, my dear, if I seem preoccupied

If the razor edge of youth-filled love is gone

But we're both a little older, our relationship has grown

Not just in how it's shaped, but how it's shown



So forgive me, my dear, if I seem preoccupied

If the razor edge of youth-filled love is gone

But we're both a little older, our relationship has grown

Not just in how it's shaped, but how it's shown