I spotted a quarter the other day,
just lying on the ground.
I halted and plotted to pick it up;
quite pleased at what I'd found.
I bent down, intending to grab the coin;
that treasure of a find,
then suddenly found myself somewhere else.
The scene changed in my mind.
And like it has happened so many times,
I now, was in a place
where two happy people walked hand in hand;
a smile upon each face.
I sensed pure delight as they walked along
the, sometimes, bustling street.
The sights, smells and sounds struck so vividly.
The scene was quite complete!
The warmth that I felt, I could feel again,
as if it all were real.
But, sadly it wasn't. So somberly, that loss
I now could feel.
So, with my new quarter, I stood alone
on that November day.
The scene I remembered was clear and near
yet very far away!
I wished, then, I hadn't allowed my eyes
so much, a downward view.
I'd rather remember that time was spent
in looking o'er at you.
And all of the money that I picked up
will never subsidize
for time which I lost, when I could have been
just looking in your eyes!
by Dave Varg
