Momentary Mistress.

We touched for a moment From across the room Eternity silenced Discrete As only eyes allow Paralyzed here Standing in yen Yearning And somehow fearful I turn away If I held valiance Crass and fiery I would dare to you Though not today I am of frailty’s ire Flames of forbidden desire That is you A rare beauty of youth Luminous Unquenchable light I am lost and aged tonight Brazen solitude Afraid to look in your eyes Fearing the burn Of desire fulfilled Heavy heaves in my chest In a sigh of defeat Up the empty pathway I move on Unwilling…unchanged