Your perfume lingers
in the far reaches
of my adolescent mind
and ever so often
your memory is refreshed
by a sudden whiff
from a passerby
and in that instant
I am back at my desk
scribbling my tiny words
as I furiously translate
only to find out
that their love burned
just hot enough to destroy
as she fell upon
the very sword he gave
to her.
Autumn Siders 