you did not recognize me
I am glad you did not
maybe you did not see me,
standing by the salad bar,
sentry over the slaughtered greens
but I think you did,
when your blue eyes met mine
they did not pause
surely they would have
if you knew it was I
my blonde hair about which you wrote verse
is now as gray as the winter sky
the same sky that gave us cause
to hide in your cozy room
roll in each other’s arms
and believe those silky moaning moments
would last forever
forever, though we never said that word
I w h i s p e r e d it, watching you sleep
knowing your dreams were not of me,
perhaps they were of the mountains you climbed,
the men you had to ****, the mother you never had
whose ******* my own could never replace
but you cradled and caressed them
like they were treasure,
like you had supped from them
and they sustained you
and allowed you the exquisite vulnerability
I saw in your young eyes
forever, I must have whispered
but
you were of another time,
barely older than my spawn
and now under florescent firmament
with other anonymous dreamers drifting by
pausing only long enough
to choose their own fruit or bread
I watch you become smaller with each step
watching you again with a w h i s p e r
forever,
forever,
though you did not know
who I was
on this...winter's eve
Originally titled, "to the gypsy blonde poetry lady, who I hope still thinks of me on winter’s eve".
I rarely write anything about my personal experiences except a reference now and then to something I may have seen or heard in Vietnam, so this is a departure of sorts. I wrote this from what I hope would be the point of view of a former lover, a strikingly beautiful woman and poet, 13 years my senior. I was blessed to have my time with her nearly 30 years ago.