Dear stranger
I let your slight grin
affect me more than the weather
It stirred the ravaged debris
of longing which had settled
in my stomach last winter
into some sort of recognizable
structure she would have
been proud of
Thank you, dear stranger
for helping bring about the
realization of roses
coupled with lust
You achieved this with a smile
which could mend nations
should the need arise
I will bring your memory home
with me this evening and
imagine your breath in bed
beside me, softly rising and
falling during the late hours
and when I am on the brink of sleep
I will imagine your touch steering
my body into great horizons