Bread Crumbs

This feeling, the one that rises

Up within me like the ocean

At high tide, it settles in over

Me like a rush of wind.  A long

Time it has been since emotions

Flowed so freely within.  Jubilation,

I feel as if I’m walking on water!

Then, I begin to tarry, lingering

On such a wild ride of utmost fancy.

But, why?  I’ve seen this before, I’ve

Felt this before … only once.  It seemingly

Ended in tragedy.  Now, how my heart

Doth frantically try to find stable ground.

Yet, nestled in thy hath done, like a big

House cat come crawling up onto my

Lap, making thyself right at home!

Nestled within my heart, thou hath done!

I tell myself, no, this cannot be real, yet

Losing this battle I am.  Then I tell myself,

I am just reading between the lines.  This

Is NOT real, I can only be imaging things.

Scared, am I, of this enchantment.  I fear

What may lie ahead, along this path.  Or

Am I just retracing these steps, those of

Which I’ve eagerly mislaid?

(c) 2003 A Riddle