Metamorphoses

[billy]

When you and I were summer, and the sky
was greyer than the green that grew between is there some trochee's happening in this and the 1st line?
my linden and your oaken strength, serene,
eternal as the shadows passing by,
you whispered me a question; my reply
was lost upon the winds of might-have-been,
for change must come to every tranquil scene
and gifts from gods are not what they imply.

Forever is a dream lost to the dawn
and temples fall to dust beneath the years,
as roses split the stones and oceans dry;
yet boughs will bend and brave the tearing thorn
to claim the scars as treasured souvenirs,
and laugh until the summer, you and I.

eff off, i'm jealous

obviously a peter arkin,
and for me a well written one, i won't mention the content as that too is obvious. the only thing in my lack of experience that i'm not sure about were the first two lines, (which i liked.)
the flow/meter feels effortless, rhyme scheme flawless and my fave part of all...it reads in the modern idiom. love the use of linden, the rose that grows through concrete is cliché, but you got round it nicely.
both parts of the petrarchan are there. and the way you use summer in the 1st and last instance works extremely well. often to do such a thing would feel repetitious. that isn't the case here. all in all a really good modern sonnet. jmo

thanks for the read.