And The Mountains Echoed: I Did Not Know
by @gossamer-2
Allow me to make a confession:
I did steal.
(I did not know.)
At the time, I was
waiting outside a
wedding hall.
She
was listening:
to engines idling,
the muffled sound
of music.
She was beautiful,
graceful;
she lit a cigarette -
noticed me -
and her feet
were bare.
She offered no indication
that she felt it.
She wore sunglasses and smoked.
I did steal.
I sat outside,
and I did steal.
I did not know.