Like a cat I put

cream on my skin

I imagine cutting

it and pulling

out strings of orchids

Out one by one

for happy words said

to me

under bare light bulbs

I remember the happy

times I had before I 

found the green leaves

growing over me

in pink gardens

of apple blossom

I imagine

smelling you

and sewing sweet nothings

into my skin so I don't

forget the few moments

I had with you....