The Romantic Illusion Poem by pabodha hettige

The flicker of light
Dancing on the blank wall,
Is not enough,
To shed light………….
But,
Triggers my memory
Back in to a time,
Long left behind………….
I relive
The beautiful nights, where
The unruly emotions towered
Binding my desires,
With hers……..
At a time the whole world sleeps,
I feel her warmth
And enjoy her smell
As she sleeps in my arms
Like a new born,
Naked and white………….
Fatigued by the divine act of perpetual love
She dreams her own dream,
Undisturbed…………
I silently observe
The smile across her lips……….
Suddenly the flicker goes off
And I search
In the darkness
For the moments lost,
For the romantic illusion
That deluded me in the darkness………