The girl in the black dress

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I paused outside the door wishing I did not have to be here,
A happy occasion and a party my somber mood could not bear,
Yet I sighed and knocked on the door,
And was duly ushered to the terrace, above the first floor.

The black starless night reflected my inner emptiness,
I asked HIM questions, yet received only silence.
As I entered, a twinkling of light caught my eye,
There in front of me stood my answer, HIS reply.

Before I could see her face I hear her laugh,
As if mocking my state of hubris, cutting my pain in half,
Then she turns and every ounce of breath from my body departs,
And life starts to beat in my heart, in all its shattered pieces and parts.

Her eyes, naughty black, like a starry night,
Her lips a faint red, beckoning me to kiss, an urge I fight,
Her tender shoulders mesmerizes me,
While her black dress drapes on her curves,gently yet sensually.

I walk over to the bar and grab a scotch to soothe my nerves,
Yet the warmth and high I feel, the credit,scotch doesn't deserve.
I turn around to see her again,
When I dont see her, in my heart, I feel a dull pain.

Was she an angel or was she my imagination,
or merely my inner desires translation,
But I knew what I had seen and heard,
Confirming this belief, something in my heart stirred.

I wander around in the sea of happy people,
My ears strain to her her laughter,as if in a pond, a small ripple,
Suddenly i feel a pair of eyes on me,
I turn around, and looking at me, its her I see.

My mouth runs dry,my heart thumps a mad jungle beat,
She looks at me and smiles, tender and sweet,
I want to go upto her yet I can not,
Thankfully,I smile back yet inside me was chaos and panic, and a tangled knot.

She saunters over and we get acqauinted,
Yet, inside I was praying and glad I had not fainted,
The first time she leans over to say something in my ear,
I could not understand why my heart beat so fast, was it excitement or fear.

Minutes sped past by fast,
We felt strangely connected,as if we knew each other from a life long past,
Happiness filled me, mending a broken heart I never suspected I suffered from,
No longer was I the same, no longer I was Numb.

As the time to say goodnight crept up on us,
she again whispered in my ear, and on my cheek a gentle caress,
Just two words whispered, " Thank You",
My life would be turned around, who knew.

Now ages past that fateful night,
I still remember her, the angel who gave me the strength to fight,
Who I remember and miss,
and always remember the gift she gave, the kiss.