You Possess

First you imprison, and then you thieve

Have you no shame

Playing with my head and heart this way

Unintentional sorceress

Spellbound I sit

Catching glimpses as you pass

Laughing at myself

I run and hide by a friend’s side

Unable to speak my mind

Only my smile and a wink

The rest I think and keep

To myself I sit

Wondering

Are you in the least

Attracted to me?

For an eternity the band braided

Beautiful threads into my canvas

Framed and hung

My evening’s delights done

Until you sat before me

Heart in one hand

Key in the other

Your eyes told me you knew

And pitying the fool

Gracefully offered me the chance

To retrieve what you now possessed

This ending did not work

Left alone like a jerk

Passionately wondering

Content to excuse

And let the band once again

Braid away my blues

Electrified madness

My mind’s passions

Obliviously misconstrued

While throughout the evening

Distracted uneasy

My thoughts consumed by you

If not interested then please

Gracefully dismiss me

So again I will attempt

Perhaps gaining your confidence

But consider one more chance

If I was in your thoughts

So I may retrieve

That which you still possess

~

DBrown Fisher

© Aug 1998