May 25, 2017Poem

Touch me

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Touch me

In the morning

When I awake fresh

From oblivion

Where truth is coated

In fairy dust

Sugar free of context

Stripped of consequence

Until the whisper of revival

Brings a dawning of goodbye

Where are you then

Kiss me

With the promise

Of a welcome

Bring to me

The beauty of a rainbow

At the end of which you lie

Pin the tail

On the donkey

Find a hidden treasure

Always out of reach

Reflections turn my head

As memories

Prickle my interest

In the difference

Between one leaf

And another

So many variations

In the design

On a second look

Every colour bleeds into

A different, infinite green

An artists pallet

Would never do justice

To them all

Will you be waiting

As they fall

Touch me

With your smile

It will melt

My indifference

Even as the seasons change

When daylight

Comes to call

What strange recall

Ejects me

From your seduction

Tips me out

Into the cold grey morn

Where crisp dry leaves

Ground into the dirt

Cry out

A sharp retort

Every dying crunch

Reminiscent of revival

As the cycle turns

Winter is as summer does

Every step taken

Will bring me closer

To you.