A Flower for Ophelia

by Jeff Oro

cascaded upon by colours vivid, on a bed of grass and 

sweat and sweet summer heat. face aflame with freckles

smattered across your sunkissed skin. lips rose 

tinted and gloss glistened. tongue that tastes like

tomorrow never began. you are how I remember 

you, and in my failings, I forget the rest. in another

life: I am a sunflower and I am content facing

you.