Eternal Engagement

After a tormenting absence

And a very protracted distance

I rummage through blocks of neighborhoods

To finally unearth or rediscover you

With the surfeit of charms of your beauty

From afar you surged like a scented

Shadow, under the dark sky, slightly

Unabashedly. As you were approaching the nearby woods

I could feel and sense the invisible key unobstructed

And quickly unlocking my amused, debilitated

Abused, fractured and disguised heart

Eternal bride, in truth I missed you, you’re part

Of me. I frankly realize that without you

I live on a forgotten cross, in the depths of the labyrinth

Love, they say, breeds sadness or joy

Love outwardly brings good and bad things

Darling, I picked up a plethora of superb roses for you

And I wrote an anthology of poems of love, happiness and light

To quiver and enrapture the fibers of your shivering heart

You are my eternal fiancée

The only woman who can appease my dismay.

Copyright © March 2021, Hébert Logerie, all rights reserved.

Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.