Copyright 2004 Erica D'Hondt
The Demise of Love and Passion

where ever did love go?

did he
   take a long walk
through
   a flowering garden
on a moonlit night
and in becoming
so lost in the scents, sights and sighs
   forgot
the shimmering stone
of the path
   was there
to light his way
to the enduring conversations
comfort
   and understanding
of home,
where each night
   truth was his pillow
and warmth
lay hidden
   beneath
the satin of his sheets

to where did passion vanish?

was he
laying on the beach
entwined
   in a blissful embrace
that echoed
in the shadow
cast
from the bonfire's flame
  only to be
swept up
in the waves
  and carried far out to sea
where his friends
   Don Juan
          and Casanova
float aimlessly
atop wine cork rafts
   ever reaching
for the sunset horizon?
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