“How are you today?”  I asked

“I’m wonderful, and you?” she replied

“Oh I am excellent. It’s beautiful today

And when am I seeing you?”  I asked

But there was silence in her reply followed by mild laughter

What is she hiding behind that laughter; I wondered

I noticed she does this to evade giving an answer

But why? There is electricity and chemistry between us

Maybe my math doesn’t add up

Or our biological attraction lacks conviction

 

“Are you at work, can you talk?”  I asked.

In a sultry voice, she whispered

“Yeah I’m at work, I’m alone, I could talk.”

“This weekend Machel is at the Garden,

You down with that?” I asked

Again, there was a silence and a flirtatious laughter

What does she think I’m after?

Why the resistance to my persistence?

Who is causing her to think twice? I pondered

Can’t she tell I still long to experience her?

 

It was over twenty years ago, carnival Monday, we met and fell in love

Our conversations were often filled with laughter

And our love making were wild and crazy

For she knew how to indulge the animal in me

I never felt such passion with a flame so intense

Never knew love with a romance so divine

But with the twist and turns of time our parts separated

And not until a couple of months ago, by chance, we meet again

Age has a way of altering the body

But our voice, smile and laughter are of the spirit; they seldom change

I still find her sexy and comely with her cute dimples and luscious lips

And when she perused my body I saw an amorous look in her eyes

Since our schedules were time sensitive

We exchanged numbers and promised to keep in touch

 

“I was thinking about you last night” she whispered

“About what? What were you thinking of?” I elicited

“Just reminiscing and thinking about, when we used to.” She paused

In the silence, I could hear her swallowing her feelings

And I could sense that after all these years, I am still in her system

“Continue, I am listening” I urged her on

Again, there was silence and laughter

“Oh my supervisor is here; talk to you later my dear.”

And with that said the connection went dead

Leaving her silent laughter echoing in my head