REVERIE

               In story, he saw again that which he thought gone—moments and memories believed lost in live of the evanescent.  By story, they returned—sights and see, sharp and clear, in live and new again: a child innocence, her merriment of mirth as she twirled in dance in open field and sun; the fan of her hair, its furl in spread resplendent in the movement, her pendant’s gleam and smile’s shine in showing of her joy; the great stone hearth, chair beside, velour of romance hue—sound of rain on metal roof.

               To story he smiled, by it, remembering all as new again—reverie for a lived then.