MOONSTRUCK

Subtle realizations

Creep within my aging brain

My moonstruck past

Weakened by my perceived need for “her”

Fragile poet’s heart

Effortlessly trampled

Shattered with ease

By passions sensitive disease

Trust comes so easy

Discernment

Much more difficult achievement

Special people

Live within my head

Impulsive words I have spoken

Dark at times

As the depths of the sea

Expose my inner longing

A romantic place to be

Spirit shakedown

Kindred soul I seek

Her nurturing caress

Delicate

Milky smooth

Soft hands cupping my cheeks

Special times of day

Dawn

Entwined in lovers sway

Pursuance forges on

Slowly

My human fallibility recedes

Darting pains of loneliness

Absorbed by God’s objectives

Bachelorhood

Perhaps a fortiori

So it shall be

© Bill Grimes Jr. 2006