Memories Lost Within a Frozen Mist

It was a very balmy midsummer night shadows danced with me under starlight I heard a nightingale cry out for its mate in that moment joy fled. I became sedate My mind swirled with thoughts concealed with something I no longer wanted revealed I heard a whispering voice from my past a fleeting memory recalled that didn't last I felt the need to capture the recollection a face, a touch that held tender affection But much too swiftly the reverie took flight the memory faded like the haze of twilight A chill replaced the night's warmth I'd felt I heaved a mournful sigh then slowly knelt Another memory lost within a frozen mist Of being embraced and my lips softly kissed Flickering moments leave me without a trace of what used to be. Was it a loved one's face? Thoughts flutter in my mind, a befuddled place that's becoming difficult to accept with grace I've lost threads of my life, as if icebound in time in silent corners of my mind, no longer in prime The night has grown cold, my body shivering lost in the mist of memories shadows, quivering.