Its been so many years, since she passed through,
yet it seems like yesterday.
Her laughter and her smile,
     gold-green, dazzling eyes,
     body warm and tender,
     kisses, candy apple sweet,
     magical fingers’ silky caresses,
     moments of blinding passion,
     bright essence of her being,
more than linger upon my mind.

Sights, songs and sounds trigger memories
of sadness and of ecstasy.
Her presence was enchantment as I recall
       a spirited laughter,
       deep, penetrating gazes,
     caring in her touch,
     tender greetings,
     long good-byes,
     quite moments of silence,
indelibly imprinted on my soul.

Oh Time be merciful and help me to forget,
let my spirit heal.
Days and nights she haunts me, please show compassion and
      cleanse lingering recollections,
      dispel lucid visions of all that was,
      dismiss joyous remembrances,
      remove clinging tentacles of cheerful thoughts,
      erase poignant dreams of what might have been,
      tear the bonds to pleasant memories,
and break this curse that tightly grips my heart.

I’m doomed to always remember,
if only I had seen,
that she was my prayer answered.
But I, looking elsewhere,
failed to see and realize,
that from time to time
heaven and earth do meet.
An angel came down from heaven
and chose to love only me,
but I was too busy then
and so she flew away
leaving only memories.