Love and the Prudent Mind

LOVE AND THE PRUDENT MIND How can passion nab a prudent mind Heartless and unrelenting sorrow Passion which Haunts across seas Crazes uncharted through widow making mountains Shadows its prey day by day from scent of soap to toothpaste caps Sleepless nights in strangers beds—The vows once took cannot be shed How can love annex a prudent mind Diligently plodding through piles of work Jump between the lines and ink like a rapist scare to catch the victim unaware Heartless and relentless sorrow Years refine the passion fire Body aches for vanished scorching touches Heartless and relentless sorrow Like a bird she fled the skies But longs in secret for the midnight flight return