On My Mind
My fondness grew whenever we spoke: From slight sapling to sturdy oak, Your honest beauty from rustic lands Made me putty in your comely hands. And breaths of warmth, with your goals defined, Made you a home in my mind. Then sliced down by your blade of hurt, Scorned and buried deep in dirt. Shattered became the person you seemed, Potential love - a distant dream. With my feelings left in a bind I tried erasing you from my mind. But time in our separate ways Yielded results with much to say. We try avoiding contact with grace In skittish air when sharing space. Despite new joys I sought to find, You still remain on my mind.