Mellow of Pont-Neuf

Pandemonium around

     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