Vanished Like Mist

Vanished Like Mist Now I wonder, ponder, persuade the mind to wander in an abyss of what may be Plowed and clawed then probed to find a reason for frenetic rumblings within me As time passed unabated, skin hides pain beneath waves of what these eyes see The heart trembled: is myopia or enmity reason why I have not found Amy Lee? Love is not a game man coerces into submission then drags its spirit underwater Auguring, kneeling, begging will not make it acquiescent to what one may prefer Precious memories evoked by the hungry heart impalpably depart and disappear What remains are remnants, reminders of the haunting past...that I had lost her 06/17/2023 Vision of the Seas Cruising towards Hamilton, Bermuda