Unrequited Pursuit

UNREQUITED PURSUIT Head, tilted provocatively to one side, An open, almost-lascivious smile Pointed at me darkly smouldering Eyes, poured out with scented honey into Eager, penetrated hands, Held in supplication for too much To be received from sacred insecurity: I was yours to be the obedient servant, Ready in attendance for what might come. Then I awoke from the naked unreality Of a wanderer's listless dream, Confronted by an immovable present Where you didn't exist. Just a capricious phantom Of the imagination you were, Scratching at my fallen ways To bleed them in plain sight. I have forgotten the passing image That used to beguile but became Poisoned for every Thirst-quenching well That might have satisfied. I rose up to stand confirmed By renewed confidence in a future That no longer included your boyish disdain For lifelong commitment.