a match made in heaven

high cheeks
nose thin and longish
almost pointed

a mouth
delicate with
teeth playfully dancing
behind a
quick wry smile
smart and beguiling

wide eyes
of a friendly brown
shy yet
direct
softly piercing

surely

some
undeserving
profane
bastard

who will
never understand
the music
of her laugh

or the agony
of her
departing

has her

i pray he finds out
before
it's too late

first kiss

frozen
water
and
time

we
worked
all day to
carve out
a trough in
white
snow now
gray and
muddy

she
was filled
with
the terror
of jesus
and
hell

but
as we
tempted
death and
injury
thumbing our red
noses at
fear
the way only
children do
and have
always
done

and always
will

she
leapt up
and
kissed me

i fell

in love
before

i knew

what that
meant

that
moment
remains
frozen

and
the wound
has
never
truly

healed

true nature

she moved
like
a 40 year-old whore
trapped
in a 20 year-old
ingenue

a laugh
straight out
of
moscow

purrs
straight from
a dream

hiding
a
nightmare

who else
could
move
whisper
moan
grind

in

smooth

beguiling

charm

easing the prey's
caution
diffusing the prey's
fear

until

the
emptied husk
is left

swaying in the breeze

wondering
why
it didn't see this
coming