Jewel

And yet as I am speaking

As I am speaking time is fleeting

For another way to grasp

I cannot grasp

For hand is far too soft

Too smooth

Too fare

I cannot wait another year

Another day

To make my mark upon

A flower, a flower such as she

A flower that had picked             me

How can we continue living

Living

Living both our lives permitting

Permitting?

Permitting what? I cannot see…

The shadows falling over me

And I lay quiet in the night

Waiting for the time that’s right

The time I may

The time I might

Strike upon the flesh on sight

Attaining words so that I might

Describe your grace, your charm

Your plight

How am I able to live your life

A life untouched by torment

And waste

To waste such valuable time

What I would give

To turn at a dime

What I could give to make her mine

To touch the frame

That framed my world

A world unfurled

Unmasked by pain

And aching

Tension rises

And bodies step

Closer

Breathing, masking one another

Another day, another dollar

Another day to live together

With my own significant other

The feelings I feel now                           

For reasons I can’t tell how

How many days and nights I've waited

For her silken skin, so faded

And to see the eyes

Whose Eyes are jaded

The jewel