I Remember Then

I remember many things about those days and you. I remember staring into brown eyes as though I couldn't get enough of them, then burning the love I saw there into a memory to keep for all time. I remember how with you, total silence could be so comfortable, and how it was the only time in my life I ever felt that to be so. I remember how safe I felt with you. Even the way you said my name was different from how others said it and I remember feeling that even my name was safe in your mouth. I remember how sometimes we made love all night and stayed in bed all day, then skinny dipping to cool down all the secret places our lovemaking heated up. I remember lying in your arms in the afterglow and thinking how profound it was, the way the brain hitched a ride when the body did all the work. You were my miracle in our own short season, and it makes me remember the last time I saw you because I will never forget the pain of my loss.