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she smiled like a fine actress
she laughed like she had nothing to worry about
she smelled like cigarettes and cheap perfume
she sang a sad song to end the night
she smiled one last time
she closed her eyes
the woman in the white dress has called out his name,
she called him darling.
"don't fret child, i'm right here."
he was bleeding.
he told her he was ready.
then she took him away.
So when the night sun says “Hello”
And wintry winds caress
A thought of you, in my mind, flow
As I lay down to rest
A thought before I sleep
It's a sticky situation
when your lover is
in flames.

Hold on tight
to whatever it is you mean,
You are going to
take a ride
around your beliefs,
find out what is true.

Beware if that spark
touches you,
You're going
to dance on fire
too.
There is a second poem, The Ending, thought about putting them together in one poem. Usually don't post two poems back to back, but they kind of go together.
One wandering road
And one straight path
That leads to one location
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