another life
another love
and a million
tears ago

she
of
sparkling smile
and
shimmering
brown eyes
strode past
with
a friend

laughing
while openly
glancing back
over her
gently
tilted shoulder

she offered a
profile
of
nubile breasts
concealed only
by
a
white halter top

simple bows
that a lover's
slow
tender pull
would unloose

tied about
her
hepburn neck
and
waist

and
there was
i

stripped
from
just above
the groin

toiling
beneath a
scorching
july sun

a tanned
laborer
dripping sweat

catching his
first glimpse
of
an angel

sunlight
in the
background
transforming her
to
silhouette

there is
indeed
love
at
first sight

as eyes
followed hips
with each
long legged
stride

i knew
eighteen years
of
love delayed
could not

would not

be denied

we met
and
we became
pure
true virgin
lovers

devoid of
experience

yet
teaching
one another
everything
about love

experiencing
our first
deep kisses
and
intimate touches

in regions
never before
explored by
any heart
or
longing part
of
any other

one flesh
one heart
one being

reaching new
plateaus
of
fear and
frenzy

unable
unbridled
unwilling
to
be
tamed

we experienced
heights
and depths
joys
and sorrows
together

then
all too soon

supernova

it was over

i would have
done
only one thing
differently

i would not
have
walked away

her name was jenni