« do you remember »

Jean-Paul VERNERET

4/8/2025

 

Do you remember that campsite

Lost somewhere deep in France?

You among laughing children,

Me in my own carefree dance—

Unaware you were near me,

Though your green eyes held their glance

 

Refrain

Entwined on the beach,

Your hair in the breeze,

Slipping through my fingers

With a flower between your teeth.

Salt on your bare skin

Glistened in the fading light,

Our breath as one,

Held me in that night.

 

Pont

A shiver in the dark,

The thrill caught your heart,

And dawn brushed your skin

As it silenced our sins.

Do you remember that campsite

Where for the very first time,

You curled up close to mine?

Do you remember that place,

Those moments, your nickname,

That summer… and my name?

 

Refrain

Entwined on the beach,

Your hair in the breeze,

Slipping through my fingers

With a flower between your teeth.

Salt on your bare skin

Glistened in the fading light,

Our breath as one,

Held me in that night.

 

Pont

A shiver in the dark,

The thrill caught your heart,

And dawn brushed your skin

As it silenced our sins