Reminiscence of Devotion Reciting memories of love, you are burning;
I writhe and twist in your blaze.
But a warming ember you are
To others in the coldest of days.
To resuscitate life in you
They drew out my tears.
Like a hymn I sang this offering
For this hallowed communion of suffering.
Take this bitter-sweet chalice from me
The memory of devotion made muted
And transmute my oblate state
Into radiant love and life yielded
Love is a disconcerting headache,
A dazzling visual hallucination
Blurring out reason.
Symptoms of genuine love
Are French anorexie and jalousie,
Désirs d'embrasser;
Are hunches and torments -
Waiting for her cell phone text,
Waiting for a portentous sign:
For a brush of her hand
In a warm muted room,
For her tender gaze.
I can endure any hurt
By any hand, but hers?
Love on the edge of audacity!
