The T. Collection – A Retrospective

THAT YEAR

That year when you offered me a

lifeline in the form of your hand

that pulled me out of misery

into your heart

That year when you taught me how to

live freely and still love in the

midst of the war zone of shattered

childlike dreams

That year when you fed me with deep

honeyed sounds of pure devotion

and wrapped me in warm blankets of

utmost safety

That year when you introduced me

to the many forms of tactile

sensual and fevered pleasures

of making love

That year when you shared that passion

which required equality

and refused to take my willing

subservience

That year when I was showered in

absolute truth with affection

and basked in the wide eyed glow of

your smiling face

That year when I found hope in the

wake of my own faithless failures  

and was privy to glimpses of

ultimate joy

That year when I destroyed our dreams

of a life together full of

love and laughter – reluctant

necessary choice

That fateful year full of countless

pivotal points will forever

live in my soul till the end of

eternity

© Alice Vedral Rivera - 2008