Lingering

In goodbye she embraces me slowly and sweet 
Gently caressing me as she kissed my cheek 
Swearing fidelity to promises she won't keep 
And in a moment I'm captivated. 

Her beauty bleeds out past cigarettes
Blonde strands escape her barretts 
Her eyes alight with a love not met
and I'm curiously invigorated. 

A smile holds a balance of dark and light
Reaching friends in lectures turned to fights
A bold love straddling what's true and right 
and I observe the dynamic is complicated. 

She's a woman, feminine yet and still kind
She speaks and moves with a grace in time
Making her marks in memories and minds
...as I find my resistance is devastated.