Time for Meeting the Bar in the dVerse Poets Pub ~ Laura requests we choose a line from Dylan Thomas, compose an acrostic using each of the words ~ let our imaginations wander. During a family reunion years ago many stories of my maternal grandparents were shared ~ my acrostic is imaginary and only hope it would ring true if they could read it.
I chose a line from one of my Dylan Thomas favorites "The Fern"
"In the sun that is young once only"
Wikipedia
IN
the first wild summer of your kiss
i believed the moon itself leaned close to listen
certain youth would never fade
THE
roses climbed our windows without shame
sweet crimson mouths opening as we laughed
while time stood barefoot in the garden
SUN
poured gold upon your hair
love burned quick as butterflies took flight
beautiful because they could not stay
THAT
autumn found us quiet
holding hands through storms
learning devotion has a steady flame
IS
it not strange how young love dazzles the eye
yet older love becomes the hearth itself
the place weary souls return to warm their hands
YOUNG
our promises beneath trembling stars
age taught us the truer vow
to remain when beauty alters its face
ONCE
i feared the silver in your hair
until i saw how tenderly the years
had etched mercy into your smile
ONLY
now do i understand romance
not the swift fire but the glowing ember
that survives the longest winter .. and still gives light