the loudest

sigh

I've ever heard

two thousand

miles

her voice

carried

piercing

straight into

me

I stood

dumbfounded

on my head

wondering

how to win

the gypsy heart

she laughed

ran away

into the

wind

I exhaled

patchouli

expecting

she would

get a

whiff

somewhere

along

the way

I heard

her footsteps

she always

wore

chunky

shoes

she walked

headstrong

like she

was ready

to fight

her demons

inhaled

my words

swallowing

before

she ever

knew

I loved her