Love
like warm
sunshine
beckoned.
Somewhere ..deep inside me
a silent ‘alarm” was received
even as
my umbrella
of self defence
briefly,
unfurled.
My sanitised safe space
a cocoon,
I had so carefully crafted
now seemed like a vaccum
suffocating, strangulating me slowly.
The lover too persevered
Lowering his own fences
Exposing his demons,
His dreams and delicious delusions
Exploring fantasies and fears
Trembling trepidation….
My penumbra
was now swaying
and softening
midst tender caresses
secure
embraces
Of someone’s …Understanding
And my own yearning.. to belong.
Eons later
The sunshine of loving
Has given new life
A blooming, a flowering
Never dreamt of
Before.
At times, the same sunshine scorches
Love hurts….The lovers demons surface
My own innards hang outside.
Vulnerable and gullible now,
I search my inner recesses desperately
For my old defences, my “umbrella” ..
Only to find
That the gentle breezes of love
Have blithely, cruelly….. blown it away.
OUUUCHHHHHH
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