The Scent Of You

The scent of you still lingers

well after you are gone,

and in the scent your laughter rides

the breeze within my mind.

I close my eyes,

you open yours,

they shimmer white and gold;

two cats entwined in ecstasy,

entwined in tales untold.

And the scent of you

devours me,

carries me to sea.

Penetrates my hair,

my skin, my liberty,

until I do not know

where I end

and you begin.

And you’re going,

going,

gone again,

leaving me at sea,

with your memory,

with your scent,

with my aching ecstacy.

Yet I’ll swim ashore

to bathe in sand and sun once more,

because your scent, it lingers on

and will not let me rest while you are gone.

Encircles me,

teases me,

penetrates my mind and soul,

filling me with promises

of tomorrows and yesterdays,

the promises of now just an echo

in your scent,

which lingers on

and will not let me rest

‘til I am gone.

(2004)

In Your Absence

I miss you

Like the flower misses the sun;

Like the child who plays in solitude

Would miss the feel of fun.

I touch you

And your fire burns my heart,

And your tears will fill its emptiness

Whenever we're apart.

I sense you

Even though you're far away;

Your presence haunts me nightly

Yet you phantom will not stay.

I hear you;

Your voice impales me like ice.

However long my heart can wait,

My soul cannot suffice.

I see you;

Your blue-grey eyes shine brightly.

Your dimples settle deeply

As your smile teases lightly.

I miss you

Like the flower misses the rain;

Like the man who lives in solitude

Would miss his tears of pain.

(1996)

BURNT

Expectancy;

a nervous shiver

of excitement.

Learning;

discovering.

New things

to search for.

A glowing flame,

burning.

Confusion;

happy and angry.

Honesty, then

lying.

Uncertainty;

excitement gone.

A glowing flame,

dying.

Disappearing;

fading away.

All to know is

learnt.

A distant flurry

of emotion.

A glowing flame;

burnt.

(1996)