Enticed first-glimpses igniting, magnetic attractions
electrified neurons, curating - Spring’s mirages
surfing, youth’s adrenaline of intoxicating - vehemence.
Time’s, muddying tracks have since washed-away
that first meeting\'s - once, effervescent scenes
as now Winter’s colours: paint reminiscing’s - silhouettes.
Treasured one, I sit inking
my anxiety’s musings - a daily routine
soothing efforts - to ease, yearning’s aches
my feet itch, like Ezra’s ‘Merchant\'s Wife’
they-fight-to-hasten
our reuniting’s: idyllic scenes.
Though, at times - pacing steps, are anchored
to doubt-enveloped stagnancy, pensive
what if Li Bai’s – lengthier, original
had a sombre meaning: how much
was lost in translation?
© L. B. Mek
January 2020