Ive heard it said a thousand times
Out of sight, out of mind
All too often I come to find
That in my heart it still subsides
I guess it don't apply to mine
Heavens know how hard Ive tried
a way to hide it deep inside
Though cast aside from prying eyes
I can not bury, no demise
Some things cant be undermined

crisp
light
snapped
handsomes pinecones
from
their places
throughout
the
pinetop
forest day
that
lingered
the
fresh
mint green
scent of pines

My heart shouldn’t have profusely bled
I saw her face only once
a moment’s crossing in a moment paid
not meant for a second chance!

The fire shouldn’t have leapt in me
she was a doomed emotion
trying to live in my penned poetry
meant to be only a notion!

My mind shouldn’t have imprisoned her
caged her from one mere glance
lived the phantom of an absurd affair
spilled ink in a mad trance!

I shouldn’t have sought her anymore
searched in the wild her trace
she couldn’t be my paramour
I saw from the crowd her face!