Rio

* Inspired by Duran Duran's "Rio" and Patrick Nagel's artwork *

Rio was a strange and enchanted girl with jet black hair that danced wildly and free,
She was the most beautiful creature to ever set eyes upon.
One small smirk and my heart had been captured,
Stripped and bound - I bore everything for the love of this woman.

Rio loved to fantasize and constantly dreamt of better days,
For her eyes remained cloudy with a tinge of pale blue.
Yet her luscious lips remained a firey red that would contrast against her porcelain skin,
Which curled into a fine smirk whenever she sought to tease.

My world shattered like a Christmas bauble the day Rio slipped away from me,
Although she had disappeared, her shrieking laugh rang clearly in my ear.
For reality plucked me from my slumber and my dreams stole the only girl I loved,
And drowned her deep inside of me.

Although the memory of Rio is now hazey, the luscious lips remain a fiery hue,
And still, her cloudy eyes will watch me.
However, her expression remains unchanging as if mocking me,
And ever so slightly, her laugh still lingers in my ear. . .

* Original Image is my own drawing based on Patrick Nagel's artwork *