Someone Who Used To Be You

When splendor of love spun dreams ecstatic Musings of fantasy waltzed joyous themes On blossoms of meadows in prime of spring And giggles of streams donning green prairies I felt your presence my eager beats crooned When halo of the moon ravished our mood As melodic rhythms inflamed doting hearts And voice of hot passion blazed our romance You were sweet life that I cheerfully claimed And I was to you what your triumph meant But feelings euphoric soon lost their edge When in winds of change vows of youth drifted I saw you go there where lonesome souls cry Where emotions despised strife of pale sighs When day’s silence often filled awkward void And haze of nights we spent gazing gray skies When dawns soon arose enveloped in shroud Love too got masked, cloaked in stygian clouds And allure, once acclaimed, began to fade As contempt of sameness dwindled our flames As you leave this dream, dear, you know it too No longer the birds choose to croon your tune They are searching someone they loved and knew The one they once wooed, who used to be you January 27, 2021 Poem of the day on January 28, 2020 Placed 1st: Watered-down juice poetry contest Sponsor: Edward Ibeh Ten syllables per line (howmanysyllables.com)