Souvenir

Souvenir
By Christabel Germain

Skin on fire,
Flames of remembrance,
Flickers of the future
Smoke curling round me
Inescapable

Heart racing
Neck in neck across the finish line
Photo finish
Beats a tattoo against my ribs
Breathtaking

In the darkness behind closed lids
Images flash of
Lips
Eyes
Arms
Toes
Transport me

Warm.
Dark.
Moonlight through the glass pane
Illuminate the rock against which
Rolling waves erupt.

Fix a portrait in me
Lines memorized
Blindfolded; vision remains whole
Etched on the surface of my skin