
Stretched out 
 on 
 green and purple 
 sheets, 
 her nudity, 
 an invitation 
 to other times, 
 other pleasures 
 now safely under 
 lock and key. 
 I remembered how she had me conquered with her 
 youth, 
 her adolescent smile, her brown eyes
 full of 
 malice, 
 her dance around 
 the moonlit room, light and dark 
 her unique attire, 
 her teasing, 
 the laughter, 
 the smile that 
 said, 
 It’s over. 
 The whispered words from honey soft lips, our reflection 
 in the mirror of 
 illusions.
I turned the card
 and read, 
 from your old friend something I knew, she would 
 always 
 be.