His eyes - brown, piercing darkness
Looked at me - Lustful reverie
In his cigarette smoke-velied stare
"How...."
Blows a curl of smoke, leans towards me
Nose twitching like a rat
"Can you..."
Snuffs out the cigarette
I lament its reek odor in disgust - his breath
"....Be single?"
For which there is no answer
My na�vety won't let me ponder such a thing
As a possible flaw in my persona
Not enjoying my company, clearly
I look to the door...silently longing...
Oh, to be anywhere but here
He says my name, grabs my wrist
I recoil
Will this be the way my search shall go?
When will he appear?
The one whose words will fall like raindrops
Upon my droughted ears?
The one who can make love to me
Without ever exhanging a touch
Will be the one with fine mastery
Of the art of conversation
I search....beyond this smoky, miserable date
A kindred soul to find to warm my icy heart
Or shall the search have begun too late?
- Kelly Kincaid February 2001�
The moon - pale & silver
Like a very fine, thin & pale circle of silk
I am thinking blurred thoughts of you
In the soft, hushed darkness
The cool, clean scent of the wind
All around me
It used to thrill me
With its delicious coolness
But now it chills me
And my lonely soul shivers
A perfect summer night
A night made for lovers
And I wonder...
Though my heart aches
With inexorable, savagely raw pain
Who you are sharing this beautiful night with...tonight?
And the perfume of the roses
Drifts upwards
Bewitching the air with breathless loveliness
And passions of love...unreal thoughts arise
If you were here with me....
The night would be drawn out so beautifully
Like soft, silver music
Dancing from the strings of a violin
But you are gone....
Who's with you tonight?
Are you all alone?
Is someone holding you tight?
Just like I used to when you were with me?
Is someone kissing those lips...
That I once kissed with sweet tenderness?
A moon and stars in a night made for lovers
Oh night of breathless loveliness
Oh night of breathless loneliness
-Kelly Kincaid July 1994�
In the warmth of your glow
My fever rages
I can't let you go
God, how the love
Still lingers here
God, how the pain
Is absorbed, like the wine
Into my veins
It courses through me
It's everywhere
It won't go away
Till you are there
Love came right through the shadows
And claimed this heart
I didn't want to fall in love with you
But I thought my heart knew best
Fearing the flame
Not forgetting your name
Shrink away from the desert
The wolves are waiting on me
But, yet, I am waiting for them
Their teeth will end the misery
-Kelly Kincaid July 1995�