and, exchange of glance
Three months
since, my fateful utterance
Emphatic beginnings
the smile, slight reluctance
You
Visited the same cafe
Where I, trifled with sunset
Maybe a serendipity?
But, You
Had a practiced beauty
Dangers foretold
even then, I tread the narrow
Lucid evenings
where, sun melted in her glow
Light's colors
as if, unhinged from my shadow
I
Saw Eiffel covered in rainbow
And faith within Notre-Dame
Delusion's play?
But, I
Never wore now grey
Caustic impressions
the evening, of last week's 19th
Memory impedes
though sure, doubted her tears not once
Troubles unbound
lost her work, soon her home in Montrouge
You
Who walked in grace
Now languished in strain
Certain maneuverings
But, you
Then lacked no affirmation
Moment's note
and I, had called a friend who owed
Indebted closure
for I, helped him before with a loan
Gleaming eyes
unaware, she told me of her new offer
I
Conjured of a different ending
Aloof from destiny's plundering
Unbound dreams
But, I
Walked to her home with a ring
Heartbeats hurried
as I, stepped near her window
Fading light
of her's, in a man's embrace
Piffling raindrop
unhinged, from window to no trace
I
Dropped the ring
Sparkle of diamond
Or trick of night
But, I
Had a smile for tragic
Three days
then, the end of summer
Poetry! Careful
for love, has just got over
Lonesome bridge
of now, wistful Seine river
You
Slithered pass me
In little violets
Or just blue
But, You!
For sure and true
Familiar fragrance
musk with a hint of lilac
Stifled beats
song of dove's cry
City lights
and mellow of Pont-Neuf
