Window to Yesterday

You are a window to yesterday
An easelful of loaded portraits,
A treasure that is all mine to keep
A secret undertow that runs deep.
You are a stranger's kiss in the dark,
A blanket of embrace from the back.
You color life like the hibiscus
All things purple a priceless resource,
You are ember that keeps up the heat
Long after age erased time's imprint.

Akpan