Once I Loved You
Once I loved you, through sunlit passions' myopic gaze,
when beauty burned deep in this fervid breast,
and envisioned desire beamed bright past the haze,
within my longing fire, to put my pain to rest.
Tender touch, on vexing brow, your fingers pressed,
as trouble of the day, in my brain, deeply weighs.
Your perpetually cool temper, my emotions now test;
once I loved you, through sunlit passions' myopic gaze.
In blazing dawn, past darkened dusk, together always,
until, at length, in winter's cold her heart's unrest
led her astray; the cost, my soul, what price it pays
when beauty burned deep in this fervid breast.
Once I loved her; past wounded ego she pressed
with subtle entreaty, my feelings set ablaze,
only to be doused in her sea, unredressed,
and envisioned desire beamed bright past the haze.
My feelings were true as life passed crazy days,
but I saw in her eyes her desire she repressed
never knowing the depth of my need that she stays
within my longing fire, to put my pain to rest.
Once I loved you, with true love I professed
before, your stone heart beat slow in malaise
and broke me with screams of this love you detest
on my knees, feel the pain, as your harsh tongue inveighs,
...once I loved you.
03/15/2021
Copyright © James Inman | Year Posted 2021
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