Sunday, May 06, 2012

The Heart Imagines too

You are a fantasy 
My eyes created, 
Like the ghosts I sometimes see at night, 
Whimsical at first sight, I saw you playing 
Light hearted, unburdened 
But relayed through my mind a nymph, air dancing, 
Elegant other-worldly,

 Next I heard your words 
And with them your story,
 Innocent but worried, 
Always anxious yet so easily comforted 
And though the avenues were different, 
I thought I heard in you, shared values 
Easy partnership

Next my nose took up its duty 
And found exuberance in that 
which you call undignified 
Eagerly I followed your scent 
Wherever you went 
And longed in the absence
 of your mist of intoxicant 

As my fingers first combed through your hair 
I was unprepared 
for the muse that overcame me, 
Let it move me, soft and subtle 
Through the points that left my boundaries muddled 
And now my fingers feel called for contact 
Desirous to dance to the soundtrack of your body 

In my inner ear the equilibrium 
Has lost its balance 
And now I stumble 
Always out of context 
My stomach settles only in proximity 
My discomfort limited 
by the times I’m near you 

My lips seem to believe they’ve been given new purpose 
To create a conduit 
Between my essence and your neck, 
Your jaw, lips, cheeks and shoulders 
Magnetic they leap to you, 
Simple universal physics 
I’m amazed you’ve not noticed. 

Thus it’s difficult my dear 
For I know it’s all imagined 
But I’d have to 
abandon 
My senses to treat you 
As anything less than 
my heart’s desire

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