I walk alone, covered, on a cold bitter night.
The icy rain, pelts my face, there is nothing in sight
The wind howls, cuts through my long black winter coat
As the trees rattle, the air evaporates from my throat
The pavement is hard, causing a sharp pain in my feet
My back, burdened ever more, with each step on the street
My eyes, my ears, my nose, even my hands, they all hurt
My heart, beats so slow, I can no longer exert
But then, a figure appears in the distance
My heart picks up, at the figures existence
Out of the darkness a slender silhouette appears
A woman, beyond beauty, young in her years.
The rain, dare not touch her flawless face
The wind calms, with each step that she takes
She too, is draped by a majestic red winter coat
Her legs, long, don’t stride, rather float
Her dark hair, flows and blows, in the cool night air
Her eyes, glisten with passion, lit with a flare
The skies are now clear, as a midsummer’s night
She walks, ever closer towards me, I’m filled with delight
Ours eyes meet, and a lifetime flashes before my eyes
There are no words, no thoughts, only feelings, which arise
My feet, are cemented into the pavement of the street
My tongue, lifeless, paralyzed by the moment so sweet
She passes, oh to quickly, but my glare remains
Now, the blood is boiling within my veins
I can no longer keep on my long winter coat
I shed it, now naked, I gloat
Clenching onto my unwavering stare
Waiting, for the woman, to look back with care
Another lifetime passes, as she diminishes in the distance
The moment so long ago, I begin to doubt its existence
But then, she turns her head back, ever so slightly with a grin
Looking back, me standing, in nothing but skin
She fades into the dark, such sweet sorrow, my body hollow
For the moment has passed, I can’t help but follow
The overarching theme is a sense of a moment lost too quick. How something can make you feel so good and then like a flash it's gone
But it's multi-dimensional
On the first read, the surface and the physical dimension the woman is so beautiful that nature itself bends to her will forcing the man to strip after the change in temperature. And since she is the reason for the surrounding happiness. It's also where the 1st moment appears of the character being born, when he first sees the figure "his heart picks up" that's why his "body hollow" so that the woman representing life itself can only fill him
On the meta physical level the man only perceives the beauty of this woman and she only changes nature around her in his fantasy, it's all a mirage, so when she looks back at him "wearing nothing but skin" he only feels naked as she looks at him. That's where the second moment happens of ( the overarching moment of when there eyes meet) it's the invigoration of life
Finally on the spiritual level directly contrasting the physical as seen by the juxtaposition of how nature treats them both. While rain pelts his face it dare not touch hers, he can barely walk while she floats, ect...
She represents death itself in the "red coat" while he dies "in the black" and that's the third and final moment (birth,life, then death).when he sees the figure the character enters limbo "as he can no longer exert" the line before. So when she "looks back with care" he transcends. I try to use a play on words " (death) is such sweet sorrow" at the end. His soul has left leaving "the body hollow"