Sultry

 Walking by her just the other day,

I noticed her.

Her dress was a soft purple

with touches of yellow.

Her head was wrapped in a beautiful

scarf of the same color.

Her fragrance touched me

and brought remembrances of long ago.

Gently she stirred my memories

of a sultry day when the sun was shining

and the soft breezes blow.

She wrapped her beauty around my heart

and then I stepped away.

Her name wasn't given to me,

but the colors of her dress and the fragrance

of her scent will remain of a sultry day,
a day of my youth.