ForeverAgo (for Bean)

There was a time 
once then forever ago 
when what we felt 
mirrored what we did 
like the opposite hands
of lovers holding like 
applying eyeliner in the 
reflection of a dish
like red lipstick abandoned 
on high ball glasses
given freely quickly forgotten 
Now when I remember 
forever ago I ache
not because I miss 
it but because I 
didn’t realize its importance 
then until right now