Fatal attractions.
Allure of beauty.
Images entice the mind.
Logic overwhelmed by
Creative instincts.
Resistance offered at first.
A tame surrender in the end.
Nature is self creating.

I needed you then
I needed help
a smile
a hug
I needed your willingness
to be there for me
but I’ve got through it alone
just
don’t bother
if you ever did

I just stare at the screen
the screen itself
—not any of the contents on it—
just the screen
an object of fantasy and lust
which is quite a modern fetish

everyone needs someone to think about
when they’re in a
thinking about a person kind of mood
I think about you

Brushes softly stroked
no anger only patience
love gentle as a dove

on winter's chill eve
robins ploughed a flight path  
through the firm cold air

i don’t mind it
being private

though I do dispute wiki having
opinions

i know it to be fact
and rightly so

those sell by dates are guidance
those some things live longer

we agreed to disagree only
never verbalised as such

we are still in lock down
and are locked in

metaphorically

gently