Time Passes, but People Change

Whose years did your smile throw into disarray? For a fleeting moment, a melancholy, lilting melody rang out from the depths of memory. All that met the eye was brightness, yet sorrow lingered, impossible to dispel. The long bridge was deserted, tree shadows swaying. Drawn together by fate, she clung to the hem of his coat as he disappeared into the crowd, and walked beside him through one wondrous journey after another.