I remember love

Like a ghost from the past

It was beautiful

A long far away stare,

a plunge into the depth of a glance

It was so far,

Yet the yearning grew 
like a budding rose

So very close to the heart

I remember when it was forbidden

An elixir so intoxicatingly sweet

A moment too brief,

a moment that never dies

And then one day

I noticed its absence

Gone was the castle

And the knight in shining armor

Gone was the longing

Under the starry night

Tonight, without sensation

I walk stoically under the moonlit sky

Reminiscing how I once loved LOVE.