Breathless!

Quiet my mind, I cannot,

for I am restless;

haunted still, by my last image of you,

I am feeble, I am helpless.

I dreamed of you in my arms,

forever sheltered;

a dream that shattered so soon,

leaving me broken, baffled and bewildered.

A gift of life anew,

was our embrace;

but the bitter truth,

soon, I came to face.

Sweet tomorrow,

a dream fulfilled, I used to say;

the cruel tomorrow came,

and it took you away!

A thousand ways to kill a man,

it is no lie;

for there are so many ways

for me to die.

I was a fool,

little did I know;

soon, my end would come,

a death agonizing, and ever so slow.

Quiet my mind, I cannot,

for I am restless;

our love, my last breath of hope,

stolen from me mercilessly,

leaving me gasping and breathless!!!


(Photo by:  Ali Saadatmand)