Damned Wine

When you left
I cried until I had no tears to cry anymore.
When your memory lingered behind
I drank... until I forgot.
When you promised you would return
I heard nothing more except that promise
and the world for me in a moment stopped
Because you loved me
You would come home to me
Every day is a new day to bear
Every moment missed for now
to be made up later.
damned wine. gets to your head. but smooth.
salty with your tears but sweet with memories.
Memories of a time together
and we know we've made a love so strong
that it defies the sands of time
and maybe the distance keeps us apart
but in heart I have always been
by your side.

S. Lau, January 2005.

-dedicated to my Viking-