lying in wait

lying in wait

5-30/31-2012

here I am, lying in wait

for a magical mistress

she may bewitch me,

I am happy she can;

now I miss her so

for the ones that lay

beneath fire sheets with me-

a lucky few seen gift,

how different is reality;

how glad am I to live

I wish she would grant me:

free reign over her curved torso,

passage to conquer her wholly

now all fade...

the morning is our time to shine

maybe one day we will know

if ever love was as strong as ours,

or if we kid ourselves on long nights

the tempest changes course instantly...

and I am left bewildered in the wake

in my mind, I may fly anywhere

rest atop a mountain then sail to sea

even find myself knelt beside she

for even if our time was short (long)

it shan’t be forgotten, like our expressions

I don't know if ever she will climb me

or if she will understand what she had,

but I can guarantee that many passages

written and unwritten- are given a voice;

unlike my desires throughout the year

she may grow tired of me, annoyed even

but I will claim that when she lies before another

her mind will linger to our long nights

her poor memory will retain some details...

her heart will remember all that passed

if I could mail a letter to past partner

she would receive it kindly, and with luck

may she proceed through this life undeterred

and reverent to past loves (she still knows me);

was I ever unchanged from birth

James P McCabe