the sun, shimmering white through the blue, fathoms above me.

the way her fingers turn the page
the way she holds her wine glass
the light of a candle in her eyes
she's the essence of transcendence

my heart slipped and fell into a chasm and shattered into half a million pieces, each one a reflection of the little lives I tried to save

a thousand ships were launched
on the night I saw you
beautiful in the corner
of some Texas dive bar
you were wild
you were magic
your hair was like fire
eyes like the emerald isles
drinking shiner from a bottle
reciting Greek tragedies from memory
I called you Athena
and you looked past my awkward
air