~~ Mirage ~~

Love was never more absurd
Than when it touched you,
Than the time it caught you
And defeated you when you fought
Against the stars.

Injured stars,
Torn wings,
Broken sparks
You left in your comet trail.

It pierced your winged foot
And your unreal palms
With its fire spear...
Love.

A blazing lump you are
And cosmic, now.
And oscillate, not fall
In me - surrounding you.

Love defeated you,
My supernova...
It sent you
In your native place,
In my star bearing mind!

How is it that, being gone?
You fill my days,
And all the long nights

Are made glad by thee?

No loneliness is this,
Nor misery,
But great content that
These should be the ways.

Whereby the Fancy,
Dreaming as she strays,
Makes bright and present
What she would be.

And who shall say if the reality
Is not with dreams so pregnant.
For delays
And hindrances may bar
The wished-for end;
A thousand misconceptions may prevent
Our souls from coming near
Enough to blend.

Let me but think
We have the same intent,
That each one needs
To call the other, "friend!"
It may be vain illusion.
I'm content.
So I choose to
Stay at bay.