Abecedarian Affair
As if it’s a dream, she
begins a friendship
cherishes a kiss
dances with smoke rings and fire.
Evenings when the lonely,
fiendish
ghouls in her
head arrive, she becomes a flirt.
Intense conversation,
just a harmless
kiss? Foolishly she
lets him view her vulnerabilities,
memories, sad stories, alone at
night, lusting under the moon she
opens her heart
pours out her soul.
Quest to find love,
requires a clear
sound mind, which she gives up
tonight. She remembers a time
under a summer sky a
Valentine love
waltzing on the cliffs of the Heights.
X-rays can’t see her open wounds.
Yearning, she paces, a lion trapped in a cage at the
zoo.