My Heart's Gentle Reminder #9

I know it wasn't my looks that attracted you to me. I know it wasn't my demeanor or charm, either. It was the way I could move my hips when we first met, wasn't it, or the way I held your body close to me for hours as we swayed to the music?

Thank God I was behind you so you couldn't smell my breath.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #8

I know that you're gone, but I guess I should thank you for the little things now. Like teaching me how to cook, doing the dishes after dinner, and doing my laundry while I was away at class. They says it's the little things that show you can care. I miss those little things now.

I still don't wear underwear at the end of the week...

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #7

Do you remember our first date? We had dinner and drank wine on the beach, and then fell asleep under the stars watching the waves come up the shore. Then we woke up when the sun cracked over the hill at dawn.

I guess you're to blame, two-fold, for my alcoholism.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #6

Remember that birthday that I had when you gave yourself to me as a present? Well, I found the card today in my memory box. I choked up for a minute while holding the scissors to it, not knowing whether I wanted to destroy it or not. So I crumpled it up until it was like paper, and then cut it into thin little strips.

I can always use my travel toilet paper.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #5

I found one of your old shirts in the back of the closet today. You must have forgotten it when you moved out. It still smelled like you, so I put it around on a pillow. I held the pillow and cried most of the morning. Then I realized I wasn't holding you, but I was holding a pillow.

Your breasts were much perkier.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #4

I woke up from that dream I keep having about you. You come to visit for a weekend, and things go great. We share a bed for one last night, but you make me promise to not tell your boyfriend. I tell you I miss you so much that I would gladly lie for one more night together. The following day we go that local pizza place. The one with the greasy toppings and fresh mozzarella. Your boyfriend meets us to pick you up.

That's when I stab him in the neck. I hear Mexico is nice this time of year.

My Heart's Gentle Reminder #3

Shopping was a pain in the ass today. Especially when I had to walk by the perfume counters. The nice lady on the other side of the glass was wearing your aroma. You know, the one endorsed by that celebrity that comes in the misshaped bottle?

It took security 30 minutes to remove me from the store.