Two Parts – A Sudden Denouement Collaboration

She was a breath of fresh air
He grew up in the tenements
She was a mountain range
He was that sweet something
After too much saltiness
She grew up listening to country
He was her first taste of jazz

She was his first night under the stars. His first taste of the wild. She was the reprieve he needed from the concrete and smog. He brought her excitement and city lights, but still danced with her under the moonlight. He showed her that there was more to her world, just as she did for him. At last, they felt like two parts made whole….

Stanza 1 © Erich Michaels
Stanza 2 © Sarah Doughty
Read the rest here.

This is just a small excerpt of a collaboration
with the talented Erich Michaels,
published at Sudden Denouement Literary Collective
to celebrate its second anniversary!

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