Forever Now Poem by Wilfred Mellers

Forever Now

Rapid is the heart that beats within me.
Knowing things that can never be.
Vast is the distance between us in time.
Decades pass twice in a lifetime.

To hold would rob your exuberance.
Flattered be I am but only from a distance.
Autumn, I am spring you are.
Seasons close, but yet are too far.

These things you must know.
Young in years seasons more to grow.
Me in my twilight hour.
Sweetness would now sour.

What you want can never be why.
Damaged are goods, that am I.
Lots more for you to explore.
Forever now, I will adore.