A MEXICAN LOVE SONG

I walk down the street
to the rhythm of a Mexican Love song.

I laugh because you don't know
the acrobatics that my heart performs
while it pines for you.

At other times, it clutches itself,
hoping the world will stay still, if it does,
like an animal hiding behind a rock,
not realizing it is futile.

The trumpets rise and fall in a popping crescendo
that is at once happy and sad
and more than anything else
an unassuming part of life.

Copyright ©2022 Ashi Shadow - 2/20/22 -- inspired by a Mexican (at least, I think it was Mexican) love song and the women that I miss.
Not on any one woman in particular.