Are Those Our Eyes (Depicted There So Bright) -5/09/06

Some would fire these photographs
That linger still when you are gone.
They wouldn’t want to be reminded
Of all the kisses caught on film.
But I recall the fire inside your eyes.

Some would burn these letters now,
Expressing your undying love.
They wouldn’t want to be reminded
Of the promised life we left undone.
But I recall anticipation’s flames.

It isn’t in me to burn these things
That burned so brightly in their day:
The eyes reflecting,
Page collecting
Ev’ry moment spent with you.

I could add nothing to the fire
That they already say.