Brief

Brief...

...Brief is the

Restlessness

Of the thief,

When he's recalling

What he had

Stumbled on

In the dismal dark that

Had proceeded him

In this glade.

Brief...

...Brief are her

Glances that

Penetrate...

...Rousing his love,

And thus

Sealing fate...

Can we absolve our-

selves

From all the

Murky mess we

Made?...

Brief...

...Brief was how

Little time

I'm allowed...

Listen to owls,

And watch

As they crowd

'round me in such

A way to draft

A confession

From out

My screaming soul!

Brief...

...Please take a breath,

Or time will

Deplete...

...Watch as you purr

As I catch your

Heartbeat...

...Tonight, to be loved,

And to love is

My one only goal.

©

2018

Bunny Villaire