Love By Candlelight
In a modern world do you expect
The lights to fail and plunge us all
Into an abyss of darkness?
So I light a candle, like days of yore,
Pick up pen and paper; feel as if I'm walking
In a heavy dank mist like a half blind man
Searching,
Searching
Hoping.
So in semi darkness, I sit alone.
Dare I write about you?
Imagine your twinkling eyes,
Or should I close my eyes
And sense your smell
Of perfume, a mixture of
Lavender and thyme?
Darkness makes me restless.
I move cautiously around the room.
I peer out into the night,
Through a window pane glazed with dew.
An inky darkness greets me.
But lo, up there, is it not a strange star
Falling within the night?
I gaze at the solemn beauty
That brings back the simple joys,
Just as the strains of an old song
Echo within the corridors of my mind
I silently pray and wish
That you are here with me,
That I may feel your velvet skin,
Taste your luscious lips.
I'll lay you slowly on my couch
Kiss your shoulders bare,
Experience in that starry night
The pangs of angelic peace.
Then I'll try to understand
What you really find in me!
For I mull and think:
Do I deserve your love?
Alas the lights are still out.
And I am in the dark.
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