Fifteen Years Removed

He called me Alice.

Twenty years my senior

He worked the frostbite

Out of my boot

And his charisma

Took me

To the highest mountain

Playing hooky to ski and

Wrapped in our sales

And in a fantastical sweep

Our babies were born

But he left

His good looks behind

Coupled with time and

I have to forgive you

For getting lost in

Your chaotic reality

Missing the best parts

Of what we shared

In their given names of

Olivia and Dominic.