Is she not a mirage?
Born in my arid heart
To confuse my senses
Conjured from my
dreams
To give false hope
This wild imagining
Is so cruelly meant
For someone so
unworthy
How could she be real?
Is she not a mirage?
Born in my arid heart
To confuse my senses
Conjured from my
dreams
To give false hope
This wild imagining
Is so cruelly meant
For someone so
unworthy
How could she be real?
I finally found the one
The one for whom I’d
yearned
And everything was
going well
Until my fortunes
turned
When the joy became
sorrow
And I suddenly got
burned
A love so strong
With depth and tone
Shared by two souls,
Kindred spirits of the
heart
Enough love to last
Three lifetimes
So why would such a
love,
Such loving feelings,
Not only fade,
But turn to retched
hate
You were my one and only
You were the sun in my
sky
Now light has been
banished
And I must in the
darkness cry
The red sunset is for lovers
Who sigh with lovesick
bliss
And in the glow of a
blood red sky
The lovers stand and
kiss
Your embrace is like a velvet cloak
Enveloping me in love
As you speak to my
soul
And burn into my heart
a perfect love
A keep-sake
That speaks of love
A handkerchief
Bearing a lipstick
kiss
A rose dried and
pressed
Within a weighty tome
A missive couched
In terms of love
Or a photograph
Kept beside your heart
Some people seek
A maelstrom
Or a whirlwind
A breathless passion
Of eternal desire
But for me
I just need to be
loved
A passionate desire,
Made manifest
First in a perfect
kiss
Then in a carnal
embrace
Entwined with you
In an act of bliss
My love for you
Made complete
Your kiss upon my mouth
Your breath against my
skin
Your almost palpable
touch on my heart
Towards you my love
My heart conveys me
Drawn towards your
beauty
And your healing heart
The cherished moments
Of your tender embrace
Sustain me on my
journey
Towards your open arms
Unhinged, unlocked
Old wounds reopened
A love turned to hate
The passion and desire
Now for revenge
I lived in a chasm of emptiness
A dark void of
loneliness
Cold and emotionless
Without purpose or
direction
A soulless vessel
Until that blessed
moment
When you blew into my
heart
Your divine wind
And I was full of love
You took me from a sea of cold
You breathed life into
me
Brought me back from
the dead
Gave wings to my soul
And put music into my
heart
Two castaways
Washed up together
Like flotsam and
jetsam
The floating wreckage
Of their failed loves
And from the driftwood
Of their own detritus
And broken remnants
Of previous vessels
They manage to build
A new ship of love
If you were an island
Set in a clear blue
sea
Dressed with palm
trees
Stirred by the scented
breeze
With sun soaked
beaches
Of coral white
I would be the gentle
waves
Washing over them
Like driftwood you floated into my life
As I cruised upon a
calm blue sea
Your presence stirred
the peaceful waters
And turned my outlook
squally
But though we blow
from storm to storm
I was thrown out of a clothing shop
It was one of the Muslim
outlets
All I did was to ask
if I could look
At one of their bomber
jacket
You were my one and only
My hearts song and
melody
Now music has been
banished
And I must suffer
silently
In a quiet passing time
I look back on yesterday,
and wonder why it is
That I am so lonely today