by

aka

My love for you engulfs me.
A white hot flame
that burns my senses
and scorches my soul.

Images of you,
imbedded in my every waking moment,
consuming my dreams.

Your smile..
so infectious, 
infuses me with a warmth so potent,
I shiver in it's. presence

Your laughter..
like a hundred wind chimes
melodiously singing in the wind.
Your eyes..
captivate me
crystal blue, they sparkle
like the icy cold waters
of a spring fed  lake
high in the mountains
on a late November morn.
 
Humor, wit, intelligence
and kindness blend together
to form an original,
more moving than a masterpiece
from an old world artist.

  
And yet,
I know.

  
From the bowels of my being

the Love i give freely,
is not returned,
 
as my tears fall
unnoticed
to the cold ground.

Your laughter
echoes off the sun,

while my heart shatters
like fine bone china
striking the hard marble floor.
 
You are basking in the glory
of  love yet to come,
  
as i lay on the ground
like a slain beast,  
dying a thousand deaths.

You are still standing
vibrant,
rejoicing in your lust for life.

In my time spent on this earth
I know I have been enriched,
blessed, 
to know a love such as this.

I embrace the power
that allowed me to share,
even this minuscule
moment of knowing you,
and curse the fate
that  so destined me
to abandon this forsaken existence.

Alone,


to take with me
.. a love


unperceived

unreturned.