MIRRORS OF LIFE
NEW FOUND GUESTS
YES, IT WAS THE YEAR OF 94
SO TO THE PARK AS I HAD DONE BEFORE
I FOUND MY FAVORITE TABLE AND SAT DOWN TO WRITE
WITH THE SOUND OF WIND AND BIRD'S SWEET SONG
A YOUTHFUL LASS CAME ALONG
AND BEGIN TO DANCE AROUND THE TABLE LIKE A SPRITE
"WHAT ARE YOU WRITING"? SHE CALLED OUT IN GLEE
"IS IT A POEM ABOUT LOVELY ME,
OR A DEAR JOHN BECAUSE SOMETHING YOU LACK
AND CANNOT EVER GET YOUR LOVER BACK?"
I WAS ASTOUNDED, MOST SCHOCKED IN FACT
AND TAKEN A LITLE FORWARD AND SET BACK
BY THIS BRAZEN CHILD WITHOUT A FEAR
WHO RAN AND DANCED, THE ELEMENTALS IN HER HAIR.
I THREW BACK MY HEAD AND LOUDLY LAUGHED
AS ON THE AIR HER SWEET SMELL GENTLY WAFT'D
FOR ONLY A SMALL MOMENT IT DID SEEM
AND SHE WAS DANGEROUSLY LOVELY, LIKE A DREAM
"OH PLEASE, PLEASE, KIND SIR", SHE SAID
"CAN YOU PEN A POEM ABOUT THIS LOVELY HEAD,
AND FACE ALSO?" SHE LAUGHED AGAIN WITH GLEE
AND STIRRED SOME LOST, FORGOTTEN INNER PART OF ME.
I ASKED, "WHERE ARE YOU FROM, MY LITTLE ONE
TO COME HERE AND SPOIL THE FUN
OF A POET'S RESPITE AND DAILY REST
WHERE HE WITH PEN AND PAPER IS AT HIS VERY BEST?"
"OH NEVER MIND," SHE SAID WITH TEASE
"YOU COULD NEVER UNDERSTAND NOR PLEASE
THE HEART OF A GIRL FROM YOUR VERY SOUL,"
THEN SHE JUMPED AND WHIRLED AROUND
AND FELL AT MY FEET UPON THE GROUND
I QUICKLY GLANCED TO SEE SOME PARK POLICE PATROL.
I GATHERED HER UP INTO MY ARM
SHE WAS SO SOFT, SO SWEET AND WARM
AND THE TASTE OF HONEY WAS ON MY TONGUE
AS I HELD HER FOR A MOMENT GENTLY THERE,
"OH GOD'S BE FOOLED!" MY LIPS DID CRY
JUST ONE TASTE FROM HER LIPS," ERE I DIE
AS ELEMENTALS CARRESSED MY FACE WITH HER HAIR
THEN SHE SLOWLY LOOKED UP AT ME
INTO MY EYES AND I WOULD NEVER BE
THE SAME AGAIN AS SHE DREW ME TO HER
TO A PLACE WHERE I HAD LONG AGO BEEN BEFORE,
FOR A MOMENT THERE WAS THIS AWESOME PEACE
AND ALL OF EARTH WAS GONE IN SOME WIERD, STRANGE RELEASE
FOR SHE WAS A KEY TO SOME INWARD KINGDOM DOOR.
WE DANCED AROUND AND THROUGH THE TREES
I KICKED MY SHOES INTO THE BREEZE
AS GENTLY SHE CAME TO ME AND PULLED AWAY,
AND EACH TIME I'D TRY TO KISS
SHE'D MOVE JUST IN TIME TO MAKE ME MISS
AND SOFTLY WHISPER, "I CANNOT STAY."
"YOU'RE SO YOUNG", I HEARD MY TWO LIPS SAY
" AND SO BEAUTIFUL, SURELY YOU MOCK ME IN YOUR PLAY
I'M MUCH OLDER THAN YOU ARE, BY FAR
AND YOU ARE CRUEL LIKE THIS TO SET MY HEART ON FIRE
WHY DID YOU COME HERE TO THIS PARK ANYWAY?"
SHE QUICKLY LAID A DELICATE FINGER ON MY LIPS
TO SHUT ME UP TO MAKE ME LISTEN AS SHE GENTLY SLIPS
RIGHT INTO THE VERY HEART OF ME
AND THEN I AM COMPLETE AND WE ARE WHOLE
"MY GOD!" I EXCLAIM, "ARE YOU MY SOUL?"
"OH", SHE CRYED, " POET, I AM THEE!"
FINALLY TWO PARK POLICE PATROL COME AROUND
"WHERE'S THE GIRL WE SAW PLAYING ON THE GROUND"?
"GIRL"? I ASK, "I NEVER SAW ANY GIRL",
"YOU LOOK LIKE SOME PERVERT WE SAW BEFORE",
REMARKED THE ONE AS HE OPENED THE REAR, POLICE CAR DOOR
"SHE DANCED WITH YOU AND GAVE YOUR HEART A WHIRL".
"HERE, HAVE A DRINK OF THIS NEW WINE", I SAID
"IT DOES WONDROUS AND DELICIOUS THINGS TO THE HEAD".
"OH WHY NOT, SHIFT IS OVER" ONE OF THEM CONFESSED,
AND I SLIPPED AWAY AND RAN AS I WATCHED THROUGH THE TREES
WHILE TWO LITTLE SOULMATES DANCED ABOUT THEIR KNEES
AND ENTERTAINED POLITELY THEIR NEW FOUND GUESTS.
THEPOETSKISS COPYRIGHT 2002
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