A Tender Wound

I stand here by the ocean, heart in hand A tender place that you and I made ours To foster it from that which time devours And put to rest what I don't understand Oh all those years ago we claimed this spot Enwrapped in towels, hidden in the dunes We whispered to each other, steamy runes Our arms and legs entwined in sexy knots So many summer eves would end that way Still lost in our own lust 'til sun was down And diving deep our passion 'til we'd drown In waves of moonlight, 'neath the Milky Way Such times were but a fraction of our love Two souls so joined that we were one inside A glaring joy and bond we could not hide And perfect, faithful match of hand and glove Yet now I stand here, gazing 'cross the years Regretting how we slowly changed our ways In how our absent hours had turned to days And days, melted to months and drying tears I vowed that I would take much greater pains In crossing o'er time's widening divide ... Until your letter reached me, and inside The words you used to open up my veins ... You could've said goodbye and not been cruel But even that is not the grandest crime ... The bitter draught to swallow, all this time Is that, despite it ALL, I'm ... still ... your ... Fool. ~ 4th Place ~ in the "Twin Flame Separation" Poetry Contest, Madison Demetros, Sponsor. ~ 2nd Place ~ in the "Tarnished Reflections" Poetry Contest, John Lawless, Sponsor. ~ 7th Place ~ in the "Best Rhyming Poem In March" Poetry Contest, Laura Loo, Sponsor.