I Could Not Hold On To You
I could not hold on to you
But oh...how hard I tried
Excavated each forgotten chamber
Of my heart
To find some charm
Some talisman
To cast a spell
And make you mine
Some magic potion
That would make your every night
A “midsummer night’s dream”
Where all is not what it seems
And you are in love with ME
Hanging onto my every word
Infatuated with my every look
Making love with your eyes
I wake from the dream
I could not hold on to you…
I transformed myself daily
Taking on different roles
A lover
A friend
A mistress
A poetess
An admirer
A dancer
A seductress
A saint
Everything….
To find favor in your eyes
To make you love me
To make you make love to me
I couldn't hold on….
Wispy as a dream
Captivating as the Northern Lights
You dance across my darkest night
Coloring the fibers of my soul
With hues of paradise
Your beauty disrobes me
And I lie down and gaze in awe
Pressed against the ground
I look up at you
Imploring with my eyes
Arms outstretched
I invite…
Wishing you’d flash down
And caress every part
With the rainbow colored fingers
Of your fantasy
Unleased on me
Celestial loving making
My senses etherealized
By your other world eyes
But the heavenly flirtation ends
And I can’t comprehend
Why I couldn't hold on to you…
You...my North Star
My desires guided by the light
But she's reflected in your starry eyes
And you start to fall
Become her shooting star
Crashing into the stratosphere
You burn as you enter
Her atmosphere
Blazing your way through
Friction bursting into flame
You don’t stop
Till you impact her body
With force
Fill her emptiness
With the stardust
Of your soul
I could not hold on to you….
Through my fingers
Through the cracks in my heart
You slip
Sliding carefully through
Taking with you
The best sentiments in me
Drunk on my idolatry
The nectar of my love consumed
Yet still glistening on your lips
The sweetest I could provide
It made you stay for a while
Every tomorrow’s dream
And my every lover’s scheme
Slipped with you through my fingers
I could not hold on to you...
I smile, my pondering through
Refreshed by memory's drops of dew
You’ll come back…You always do
No one else knows how to pleasure you
How to baby you, how to feed
How to give you what you need
Who hears your unspoken requests
And answers before you speak
No one can tempt like I do
Make you a man all brand new
I know it’s true
I smile…
You’ll return
But when you do
Oh sweet dream, sweet fantasy
When you return...
Will you be able to hold on to me?
Eileen Manassian Ghali
Copyright © Eileen Manassian | Year Posted 2013
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