Ephemeral

Unchained Melody pierces
beneath the leather-laced
veneer of friendship

Deep. Dark.
Mysterious eyes
find me,

uncover the
scent of danger

born in the bed
of innocence.

Childhood passions
skirt the hem of
maturity
flirt
igniting the flame
of forgetfulness

passes
a baton
of selfish pride

beckoning
teasing me
to enter the
player's circle.

Who is this
god-like creature
featured in front
of me:
temptations serpent?

beyond reality's
reach

he breaches
absentia of desire

stealing me from
stagnate, stale

dreams of life
lived celibate...

His words roll
from his tongue

melting resolve
to remain aloof

distant, disguised
inside the realms
of indifference

vicious. suspicious.
unable...
to trust the lust

of his passion
as he swears
"eternal love."

My head swirls:

Does he want
more than to
slip in between
the cracks of
caution

to wrap me
in cellophane
and sell me
to the highest
bidder: unfettered
hungers, appetites

I've quelled by
abstinance, all-
together.

Why open myself
to his grasp
as he clasps strangle-
holding, suffocating
the
neck of resistance

ego
screams and pulsates
tears at the core
of my substance

essential wisdom
weakens in the
throes of his
embrace.

the space
locked, walled
off from the dream
of love
hiding
behind crooked
smiles

determined
devil may care

Beware.
w a r n i n g:

Stop@ blind-illusion's
hand.
Breathe
look past
suffocating strands
that

momentarily grip
and bind...
fair game baits
the snare of
passion

Outside the
realm of
ephemeral reality