Be Mine
I sit by the window motionless
Looking at the sky getting darker
Inside me a sea swells, tides of memories
Beat my heart, the only keepsake I have.
Like a thick shelled oyster, tightly spliced
You sealed your heart to me barring entry
Wonder what currents flow through your sinews?
And what eddies churn and gyrate within?
Do the thoughts of our love linger there?
Does my image, to your memory ever return?
Do you recall how we stood silent beneath the stars?
How we then built an epoch in a glance!
Once life moved with lilting measure
From goblets, we quaffed the bubbling liquid
Everyday a new song was thrummed upon life’s harp
What passion, what youth, what thrill we shared then
We so loved as no one had ever loved
Like a phantom I followed you behind
To you alone my heart, as offering I gave
Never suspected any force to tear us apart
But how Fate waited swift to smite
And how we had to part in anguish
Toppling down the sand castles we built
Leaving a heap of debris behind
Will you once more open your heart?
Will I again find entry and nest within?
Will I be able to douse my smoldering pain?
Will you return that I can claim you ever as mine own?
Placed 10th
2. Jan. 2022
Be Mine Poetry Contest
Sponsor- Regina McIntosh
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