Sweet velvet rose

a blush upon her face

exhales her perfumed breath to the wind

for a brief moment my soul is on fire

remembering that you were the songs

the hymns of my heart

now just a memory

hopelessly weathered away

by the relentless tides of grief

© Ann Bagnall

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