Each To Their Separation

EACH TO THEIR SEPARATION So they meet, He, attempting to be Non-committal, Unobtrusive, showing A better part to play, But the fire within is scarcely stifled, Raging as it does from being kindled By incandescent flame, Never consumed. Gazing with undiminished longing Upon beauty's effortless brilliance, Emanated from every sensual part Of who the other is. He can only wait in vain For unfulfilled embracing, Thirsty from rich nectar, oozed out At every point on glistening skin, Smooth over a hidden body. Blurred by rose-hued scales, He is faced with the warm onslaught Of enticing hands, drawing him Into an open heart of Unbound constraints. He yields every weakened defence To the youthful conqueror, Laying windblown colours By the swiftness of supple feet. His one-sided love from beyond the seas Transforms as rock-laden promontory, Assembled to shipwreck endeavour, So as to cast him overboard Because of an act of folly. So he lives as though banishing The merest thought of temptation To risk everything on one throw Of a mistrustful dice. Tomorrow becomes Today's blistering reality, Melts down the flimsy facade. An imagined angel retreats Into yesterday, along with The repository of all that is insecure. But he remembers the smile, Flashed across the open expanse, To be then extinguished In a sudden moment. Soon their ways no longer Touch, even with a lightness, Departed away Into the mists from where they came - Each to their own separation.