A cigarette hangs from her lips
a quiet smirk
Daring me to come closer
Challenging me to touch her
Fingers slide down her waist
falling to a rest on her hips
Smoke from an exhale clouds my face
before a tender kiss.
Ruby red lips
mesh once again
Fingers entwined in her hair
an elaborate maze
Golden curls of sunshine
cascade down around her face
Though this moment won't last forever
It won't even last an hour
before two lovers are broken apart
For the jealousy of a man
claiming his long sought queen
ripping her away from me
It has been years now
and I know
this memory will not fade
Her gentle caress
still visits me in my dreams
