A wrinkle in time..A short love story by jude kyrie

They say love at first sight
does not exist.
Freud claims love is the overestimation
Of a sexual object.
But…. it does …..it does….I know this.

I think I was 17 at the time
It was 1990 in Mexico
At first she was only a picture on a poster.
I was learning Spanish
And the old movie theatre
in the small adobe town
Was showing movies
of the golden era of Mexican films.

On the billboard was her picture
I saw her for the first time.
And that's when the bells rang
and the choir sang.
And something happened to me
that changed my life forever.
My young heart beat in my chest.
In. All my days I had never
Seen such a beautiful woman
She was indelibly imprinted
on my young heart.

Then I saw her movie
She filled the silver screen
Shining like the beautiful star she was.
I stayed and watched the movie again.
By the end of the night I was in love.
Indelibly connected to her forever.

Research showed me she was born
In 1902. Reality told me she was 88
Still she would not leave my heart.
For the next year I watched every movie
She ever made again and again.

I carried her picture by my heart
in my breast pocket.
Always so in love with her.
I tried dating other ladies
my own age and they were lovely…
but. …
.they were not her.

Then one day I read  small editorial
About her in a Spanish newspaper.
It spoke of her beauty and many movies
and her impact on the Mexican film.
It also said she lived a quiet life in the
country outside of Boston.

The old car I drove
all I could afford
on a Spanish teachers salary.
finally made it through
the fifteen hundred mile road trip.
And I arrived at the tiny cottage
With Boston ivy growing on its facade.
The fall colors of new England
shone in the late autumn sunlight.
It was a night that carried magic
inside of summer dreams.

Suddenly, there I was only
a few footsteps from the woman
I was helplessly in love with.
That had stolen my heart for always.
I knocked gently on the front door.
Then she opened it
My breath left me
she was young and beautiful.

How  could this be.?
I stuttered nervously
I have been in love with you
for 10 years. And I will remain so
for the rest of my life.
She looked at me unsure.
But I don't know you
she answered softly.
Are you sure its me she smiled.

I carry your picture
close to my heart I said
showing her her perfect likeness.
The picture I would carry until I died.
She laughed
oh!
that is my grandmother.

She allowed me in
I met her at last.
She was still beautiful
Even  in the ravages of old age.
So regal and elegant.

I confessed my whole story to her
As I noticed her granddaughter
Observing me quietly.

Two years later

We introduced the twins
to their great grandmother
She smiled at the beautiful loving family
in front of her and knew
that in some small way.
She had starred
In her final romance.