Tears glisten even now
As I long to reach out
And caress that hazy
image
That I in my fluster
Captured, that sunny
day
You had so overwhelmed
me
That afraid was I even
then
Of holding you frozen
forever
Close in the frame of
my heart
So anxious in case you
may deny
The pleasure pure and
sublime
Of taking your image
home
And without your
consent
Make you silently mine
So even as you strode
towards me
With your head bent, a
smile
Playing on your mouth
I sneaked with
trembling hands
An image that now
within me resides
Horizon
(24th Feb 04)