Because You Let Her Go Poem by RIC BASTASA

remember,
both of you were so young,
she had natural curls in her hair and you really like
playing with them
that summer

you had wavy eyelashes and she loved each wave
like the sea when the august winds came
some storms
coming to your love
some promises broken
like the tower of your sandcastles
that evening by the sea
falling

you were once together, remember
now, the wrinkles of your hands claim a long, lost memory
once so smooth and supple
like the cheeks of a woman
like her breasts, remember, remember.........