Once Or Twice

once or twice I thought I saw you where shadow stretches long across the rock lawn but it was just the heat from the sun’s rays a mirage that evaporates into evening dust once or twice I thought I heard you drifting silently into a dream when I looked you were not there a faceless lesson I finally learned once or twice I thought I smelled the ambrosia left from a morsel of love that left me hungry after the meal digested thirst not quenched from bitter wine once or twice I thought I felt the softness of a lover’s hand soothing my brow but not my mind the coarseness of burlap against velvet skin once or twice I thought I tasted the sweetness of all it could have been imagination plays funny tricks on the senses of what won’t be