you with the beautiful eyes
and a smile that made my heart stop
the bringer of sunshine to my cloudy world
remember your scent, assaulting me
forcing me to look up and take notice
with the sweet words like soft caresses
with each stroke breaking down my walls
defenses crumbling around me
gladly falling into an upward spiral
completely lost, forever captive
into the sweetness of your mouth
drinking deeply from the pools of your gentle touch
I remember you…
with your cruel words, and sword edged rebukes
burning me with the fire of your rejection
turning to ashes the evidence of my surrender
tearing to pieces the open doors of my heart
turning to bitter acid, the pools of tears
flowing to my feet, a river of regret
you came, you saw, you destroyed
riding off to the sunset
on a horse of my innocence
in the wake of your destruction
no backward glance to the empty shell
yearning for just one more taste, one more look, one more touch
less human, more devil
less giver, more destroyer
you shouldn’t have, but you did
and I remember you…
© Aisha Ali