Dark water falling
on sunsets beneath my eyes
The world too cold
to carry the embers still burning
in my heart
Do you feel my touch
on skin, caressing your soul
Or is it dead inside
the mystery of your heart
I wish I still held
Fire and ash and snow and ice
stars dimming but never fading
Time leaving but eternal
I want you
Restless kisses on phantoms
of dreams of you
I must mean nothing more
than a vapor gone
beneath the weight of fear
and loss
Inside your essence
I can’t escape the sense
of you or move beyond
life without the hope of you
Dark water falling
on sunsets beneath my eyes
The world too cold
to carry the embers still burning
in my heart
David S. Wisener 