Faded

How long ago since we were last here?.
The place has changed-
No the world has changed
But here it stayed still.

Old English seaside towns
Have faded Victorian glamour in this
World of technical wonder.
Perhaps we should not have come back
Blowing flames from the ashes
of what was once a raging fire.

Do you remember darling
When we spent our weekends here.
we were so young
So much in love inseparable.

The dusty old hotel is closed now.
I think we spent more time in bed
Than in the town.
I think about the hotel
across the way from us.
We made love all afternoon
With the drapes wide open.
Not caring if anyone saw us,

Perhaps this weekend was a mistake.
Even the photographs seem to know it.
Snapshots of ashen faces
with loveless smiles.
Didn’t someone once say
The camera never lies.?