Accidentally Finding Aglaia
I was startled and happy
Accidentally Finding Aglaia
On Ushakov Avenue
Near the coffee shop
On the summery day
After not having seen her
For several years
That witnessed my divorce
As well as other dramatic downfalls
Like the loss of friends
Through tragic ends.
She reminded me of our youth
On Dnipro beaches
Swimming in the sunlight
And kissing in the sand
As children laughed at us
And then later holdings hands
Nears St. Catherine’s Cathedral
Where her mother wed.
Oh, to be with her again
In Askania-Nova Park
Where the Russian flowers smile
On pleasant paths of romance
And dreams make love
In the perfumed afternoon.
If I could only return
To the Opera House
Where we sat in awe
With ecstasy in our hearts
And listened and watched
Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin
And I intoxicatingly imbibed
The fragrance of her hair!
Marriage was in store
For both of us
But to acquaintances
That were never intended
To be our soul mates
For the duration
Of our spiritual journey!
I lost her somehow
On a college street
And never found her again until now.
Is she still with
A husband of passionless embraces?
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poem by Uriah Hamilton
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