A Passing Fragrance

You will leave as you enter
A passing fragrance
Not unlike the breeze of midsummer

My wish to hold you here in vain
A silent touch
Not unlike the first warm bead of rain

Heart and mind with you will go
A stolen breath
Not unlike the oxygen for a fire's soul

It is not in you to return
A longful memory
Not unlike the tears falling on wounds that burn
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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