pine scent
mixed with smoke scent
mingling with your scent
breath
breath
i dare not look into your eyes
do not look into my eyes
I stare into the flame
willing the heat not to rise on my cheeks
willing your hand to escape your pocket
willing your hand to just brush my inner wrist
a sign
any sign
is this a sign?
a moment caught
a moment captured
in my memory
a moment lost
as you turn away.
KD 23/6/13
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The image is by Stanley Kubrick for Look magazine 1949
The eagerness, the dread, the hope...
ReplyDeleteWonderfully captured. Thank you.
Graceful and quite winning...
ReplyDeleteHow any memories this evokes - and probably the lack of interest was all for the best. It certainly was when I look back . . .
ReplyDeleteOh, the expectation... Great Mag. :)
ReplyDeleteWonderful integration of the senses, repitition.
ReplyDeleteJust wonderful...
ReplyDeleteSearching for a sign...such yearning..just palpable!
ReplyDeleteSigns are good ! thanks for a tingly reminder-
ReplyDeleteYou have evoked things I hadn't thought of in years ... such potent bittersweetness.
ReplyDeleteHope never escapes...lovely write.
ReplyDeleteCrushes...they are so painful at times. You captured the feeling so well.
ReplyDeleteLove how you zeroed in on her not meeting his gaze ... very nice!!!
ReplyDeleteBrought back the jives and the vibrations of the good old days very vividly! Nicely Kay!
ReplyDeleteHank
Certainly sent a spark to the heart. Nice mag indeed!
ReplyDelete" better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all" ....or something
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