brief

She was very much as she was then. Slender, olive skinned, with flowing brown hair and a fresh face. She had been standing next to me, explaining who she was until I told her I knew, how could I not know. I smiled, turned over and made as if to sleep. She came down behind and put her arms around me. I could feel her smile. We were together. Then I woke up with that terrible longing for irretrievable times long past.