Borboleta

The Reef Unseen 
He was fifty-five divorced living in a cottage but how
is it possible to explain how he came to fall in love with a woman 
15 years younger and lose his dignity.
 I must take a break here try understanding the human heart 
or the circumstances of the wished for the repellent he was 
a ship that had lost its gyro-compass when navigating 
the sea of deceit this foolish dance of the human borboleta
When he first kissed her, his whole being was absorbed by 
her like falling into a cave of endless pleasures and his anchor
got lost in the outer seas
Then  suddenly it was over like dream that ends at dawn, her 
the door was locked there was someone else, rejected he pleaded, 
had she relented it would never be the same the thread 
of naiveties that bound him to her was broken   
you can`t re-dream a dream.
So he took the dog with him and drove up north he had wanted 
to see the autumn colours after week, they drove home
The dog loved the old routine when he had been depressed
The dog was sad, for him she was the morning mist that
Briefly, obscure the blue mountain range where the sun arises
Copyright © | Year Posted 2016

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