That Day

That day with you shimmered, a laughing daydream.
Green never looked so green.
Water glistened,
And caught our smiling faces.
The wind whispered, softly kissing our skin.
Sunlight fell through treetops,
Celebrating you with dappled patterns.
As you walked, the patterns changed,
And the colors changed,
And you were cast in kaleidoscope light.
As we strolled paradise, hand in hand,
There was a weightiness, a heaviness to our steps.
Our feet struck the ground slowly, solidly, purposefully.
We were connected to the earth, and to one another,
In a literal sense.
That day was surreal, yet so real.
I think that in the end
When I lay down to die, fading from this world
And closing my eyes,
I will see you that day,
Smiling in the sun.