we should have been young

m. hébert

Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

we should have been young

when we met,

when our eyes were

clear,

when our hearts were

light,

when we were 

careless,

when we were

brave,

and curious,

and fresh as a flower,

when we believed love

was a state of joy,

not a feeling 

to be feared,
when we believed in trust

before it was 
torn to pieces

in the long, lonely fall
through the brambles,

when we were young,

we should have met.