The Day My Heart Stopped
The first time I saw you...
A restaurant windowYour face studying,A face of beauty, of purity, of wonderA view of paradise and then...I willed your hand to open the doorIt moved, it openedYou stepped inside,Glimpses of your long legs asThe clip, clop of your heels helped youFloat effortlessly to your table,A vacant table too far away, too far.Discarding your coatI gasped when I saw aRiver of red hair cascading down,And around your vibrant faceYour s...