I HAD FORGOTTEN HER

 

I had forgotten her

I had forgotten

The way she looked

With her bright elfin face

And brown soulful eyes

I had forgotten

The sound of her voice

With its soft honeyed tones

And her infectious laughter

It had been hard

But I had forgotten her

I had forgotten

The smell of her hair

The taste of her lips

The touch of her skin

I had forgotten her

She was off my radar

My senses were free of her

Free of her intoxication

Free of her narcotic

It had taken months

Going cold turkey

To cleanse myself

To detox

To shake her from my consciousness

And exorcise her from my soul

I changed jobs

Decorated the house

Rid myself of everything that reminded me of her

And I was free

My life was once more on an even keel

The stormy seas had been quelled

All was calm and safe

Such comfort there is in safe

The wounds had healed

Though the scars remained

I had peace of mind

Since I had forgotten her

Well I had forgotten her

Until that fateful day

When I found a button

Down the side of the sofa

A small pearl button

Such an innocuous item

Evoked such potent memories

Of a violet lamb’s wool sweater

That accentuated her breasts so well

The button was a casualty of an encounter

Discarded in our passionate haste

And in that instance of recognition

She was all at once back with me

My senses reawakened

Her scent was in my nostrils

I could feel her lips on mine

Her caress on my cheek

I could hear her infectious chuckle

And I saw her sitting beside me

Close enough to touch

And as the wounds reopened

I realized I had not forgotten her

I had just shut down

Disabled my interface with the world

Hid in my castle and pulled up the draw bridge

And created my own world within

I held the button in my fingers

As my castle walls fell

And the world flooded in

That little pearl button

Spoke to me in volumes

And I knew I loved her still