Sunset Janette

your rattling my gate
rattled my senses

your flashing smile
flashed my memory

one week short of a year
since you charged out of my life

your gypsydark eyes
still hold the same mystery

laughing in your confidence
your redhair is a glowing aura

we argue once again
you have to have your rules

smiling in my confusion
i watch you slip away

its another sunset
in puzzling departure

your hair like polished copper
is like sundown on my face

1985