the touch of my beloved

Flaming of red

Dying leaves on spectral trees

Sending out their final blessings in a burst of fire

Reminding me of how painful is desire

For the beloved

So seemingly unattainable

Today a great grief rose up like resounding waves

As my consciousness became a slave again

To all of these feelings of powerlessness

The lovelessness

The agony of the unseeing, the unloving

Sometimes the darkness is so vast

These feelings of being ground down

To a void within your eyes

Make me all the more determined to rise

As I ache for the comfort

The touch of my beloved brings

Shadows grow as these tree lined streets

In the dusky light

Continue to blaze with autumnal fire

Reminding me of the poignancy of desire

Unrequited that burns and burns and burns

Inside my heart

As my soul aches with the longing

For the touch

Of my beloved