It's Her Birthday Again Poem by Justine Camacho Tajonera

She is still here
with me.
Her love has lasted
three and a half
decades.
It doesn't matter
that I only had
three years of
her.
Love is stronger
than time,
than death.
The smell of her
hair
is gone,
the tone of what
I imagine
was a sweet
voice
is silent.
But there is something
about how she
must have once
embraced me
and whispered
in my ear
before I fell
asleep at night
that keeps me
strong
and full
of life.

(Aug.25,2009)