I saw you this morning
Or I thought I did.
Her hair was red,
Your inexplicable red,
And her cheekbones
And jaw recalled you.
As she turned towards me
Reality slapped hard on my face.
Tears freely flowed with the sting of that slap
And my heart refused it next beat.
I don't know why I believed
You were here with me,
I hadn't been thinking of you.
But for just one brief moment
All my reasons for living
Were revived in stark relief.
I love you.
