I remember when we first met in that backstreet
Moscow café.
Your beauty stood out from everyone who entered
that evening.
The gentleness of your voice had me mesmerized
from the start.
Your captivating smile played heavily on my
emotions.
 
Each day we walked the streets of Moscow hand in
hand.
As lovers we held each other close in the
Hermitage Garden.
We did not concern ourselves with the day I would
have to leave you.
Regretfully, that day arrived and I was forced to
depart without you.
 
It is so difficult with each of us living in different
worlds.
Now we are infinitely divided between two
continents.
Each day my thoughts return to those wonderful
days we spent together.
I long to hold you in my arms again Natalya,
revisiting the places we hold dear in our hearts.