Torment of Tantalus

Sometimes when all my days get dark,
When all is grim, and time crawls by,
The thrill is gone, and things seem stark,
And life itself is just a sigh.
All I want then is you around,
To wrap me tightly with your arms,
To help me feel the love I found,
To bathe me with your seeping charms.
Your eyes alone give me emotion;
In them I see the world I miss.
Your lips caress me with affection;
Those lips that I wish I could kiss.
Your hair that flows with vivid grace,
Flutters behind you like a mane,
And wraps itself around your face,
Expunging all my deepest pain.
Your cheeks on sight drive me insane,
And strip me of my manly might.
Forbidden Fruits beside them wane,
The Serpent too would take a bite.
For now all my dreams cannot be,
For you my dear are not yet mine.
If I can have your memory,
Torment of Tantalus is fine.

(Abdel-Rahman Semman)