Of Love and Loss

Odors from the Heart

07 May 2003

It comes and goes like a brief breeze

hither and thither floating like air thru the trees.

A soft feminine scent of flowers and musk

which soaks the wind shortly after dusk.
It delights upon your wind and like birds to soar on.

Let it wrap itself around you,

and take you far beyond the horizon.

Odors of the heart can be scented far ahead

for love begins and ends with dreams in her bed.
You will long for her lingering essence

to mix and mingle with your own.

Your arms will ache and mourn with her passing

to leave you lost and withdrawn.
She will come again the next eve

to take your heart and love.

There you will lie in the morning once again

waiting to rise with her in the evening like a sweet dove.
You two will come and go like soft breezes

hither and thither like air thru trees.

Now your scent and hers of flowers and musk

will soak the wind together after dusk.