Memories in the Key of C

I have my own pages

grasped in aging hands.

Words wander through the course

drifting off the edge.

We were wayward souls - you and I,

before our bodies touched.

Sweet fragrance of night

wrapped us in its love

I savor the past

held in little cups

served up neatly

upon a king-sized bed

In the distance,

a bell

tolled

Lavender tunes sprang

from

our

lips

The exquisite pain of morning

when you walked away

Searching for lost words

I am a broken song

Ann Christine Tabaka was nominated for the 2017 Pushcart Prize in Poetry. She is the winner of Spillwords Press 2020 Publication of the Year, her bio is featured in the “Who’s Who of Emerging Writers 2020 and 2021,” published by Sweetycat Press. She is the author of 15 poetry books, and 1 short story book. She lives in Delaware, USA. She loves gardening and cooking.  Chris lives with her husband and four cats. Her most recent credits are: The Phoenix; Eclipse Lit, Carolina Muse, Sparks of Calliope; The Closed Eye Open, North Dakota Quarterly, Tangled Locks Journal, Wild Roof Journal, The American Writers Review, Burningword Literary Journal, The Silver Blade, Pomona Valley Review, West Texas Literary Review, The Hungry Chimera, Sheila-Na-Gig, Fourth & Sycamore.