I Caught Your Scent Today Poem by Abby Koning

Today, my nose
Caught a scent that for so long
It had missed
And my mind traveled
Back to the time
When that scent meant
That you were near.

My senses identified
That scent
That scent that was you,
Which defined you,
More completely then words
Or even a paragraph
Ever could.

Like peppermint mingling with lilacs,
And oak trees in
Autumn
As the leaves change,
So you once did.
You were -no- are
The bitter-sweet smell
Before rain.

I inhaled your beauty,
It smelled of fairy dust,
So perfect
That imagination itself
Would gasp
And hold it’s breath
In wonder.

Yet, my breath caught
For something was
Missing,
So faint that I would have
Missed it
If I wasn’t so familiar
With you.

My senses identified
Winter
Awaiting a spring
That would never come.
And I cried
For I realized that
My hope
Was no longer
A part of you.