DAVID.

Recalling a lover I once had in a fling .

I touch your dark curls

and hold you close to my heart 

from that time that we met 

when you glanced at me 

from across the bar 

and I saw you 

in all your brilliance 

you asked me to try 

some Yemenite things with me

I took you to my house

to keep you warm from the cold

a place close to my heart

and I grew to know you 

for the next month of my life

since then, you haven't left my heart

you took me to meet all your friends 

and your brother

we danced together

high on life

you twirled me around

I saw you sing

and dance with life

you have stayed forever in my heart

Kindled and alive

Every time I smell coffee and cigarette smoke

I think of you 

and how we would sit at the café

how you were so kind, loving and gentle with me

and how safe I felt with you.

I remember you, David,

I remember you in my heart.