When a smile,
portrayed as guise of fire,
rusts as your presence departs…
When a caress,
lingered with twilight glow,
is but a shadow trailing
scarlet threads…
When a love, unreturned,
plays master calloused
to a fading hope…
Set a seal upon shallow heart,
you whom my soul desires,
and let me be released.
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I really like: portrayed as guise of fire
Reblogged this on wwwpalfitness and commented:
This is really captivating.
Great writing and imagery. Love “rusts as your presence departs…”
Thanks, Rob. 🙂
OH NO, the link is broken or the page is missing. Is that Elizabeth Barrett Browning? We didn’t get to read to the end.
*Amy Sandy*
Aww…sorry about that…no this is Puppydoc’s scribbles… 🙂
indeed you can almost touch the feeling
🙂