Forever Lost, 

    Forever Found

 

Wander like the wind

     Scattering clouds over the city,

          But gently come back to me,

     From your sacred temple rituals

          By the mirrors of a raging sea.

Smoother than silk are your cheeks

     And your wispy hair moves my touch

          Like angelic lace once woven for

               The drapery of heaven I adore,

          As my hands caress you endlessly.

Beautiful love you whisper here

     What only my ecstatic soul can feel.

It was a pink hued hour as we chased

Fairies and spells by chandelier bells,

Draped across forest shapes of silk,

     I like a deer seeking kisses of milk

     And the scent of you in honey places.

The hotel antique hours flickered in brass.

Your kisses were hot and your lips did frame,

     My name and the shape of throbbing love

          For fulfillment we escaped away to find,

     Seeking the dream, in nature as one,

          As when The Moon will meet The Sun

    To gather in one royal sky the lights

         Destined to rule all days and nights.

Oh my ladybird you are the queen

     Of my delight and there is none

          That can cast a shadow on you.

Shine then for the time we share,

      And then vanish if you must but see

      That forever you will stay with me.

I stood long and gazing at the air,

     Longing for the sun to rise where it set,

     Longing to be in that magical place,

          That ancient square where your face,

     First met my smile and your walk

     Drew my eyes and where we talked

          For hours knowing there would not

     Be anymore but for once it was only time.

     Forever lost, forever found, forever mine.

 

Vicente Reyes

November 13, 2000

 

 

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