You
then
an intense impression
the vivid sensation
(retained by the retina)
even after
you had gone.
Now, after
all these years
the after image
of you
sill burnt
upon my eyes
as if I saw
nothing else
nothing else
but you
your love
& your laughter.
Dónall Dempsey
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/at-first-sight-4/