Unseen You

The fires of our love burned bright

For years and years it seemed

How long I don’t remember

Maybe that’s the problem you see.

In the warmth of our fire

My skin was kissed with passion

A lick to taste the sweetness

That was the us I have seen.

Blinded by the blazing fire

I closed my eyes to us

I let it go- consuming all

And giving nothing to be seen.

Cold and black, the fire dead.

My hands reach in darkness

For the heat no longer there.

Emptiness, witness to the void.

Eyes open wide, searching-

For you, a light of searing love,

No longer my warmth or mine.

Too late I see you as you.

Not a shadow against a pyre of passion.

But the beauty of you, unveiled-

In the absence of you. My loss-

To late I see not us, but you.

SOA  09/12/2013