Obsession

The touch
        the feel
                the taste of you
lingers on my soul.  
You quietly touch the corner of my eye;
clouding my perceptions with your constant presence.

I no longer view life with my natural sight;
every vision is tainted by your flavor washing over me.
I gained of myself in your echo;

Yet now I am clouded
cloaked in an unknowing. 
Will I lose the layer of love that we uncovered together?
Will the lack of you reduce me
to less than what I was before we met?

I now move toward the shadowed spaces of the forest,
     Unknowing
                Unprepared

Can I let go of you, and still retain the me I found within your eyes?
Can the seeds we planted, blossom in an arid heart?
Will the loss of you, be the deepening of me?
Can I imbue this newly created void 
through my life's movements;
unfolding the pages of my destiny?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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February 19, 2020 at 1:33 PM
This was really well written Alison. I enjoyed everything about this but this one line really stood out to me," Can the seeds we planted, blossom in an arid heart?" I really like that.
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February 19, 2020 at 1:39 PM
Thanks Chris, this was a day I needed some encouragement (isn't everyday so LOL). I seem to do better in the formless forms of poetry....
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