i grip my heart shaped rosary
chanting at your vision’s smile
pulled inward by the whirlpool,
memory of your summer eyes
now, mono-colored leaves are falling
nights are growing cold and long
madonna of my youthful faith
you beckon me once again
awakening at the oddest hour
feeling a restless presence pacing
footfalls down a lonely corridor
reaching out to touch you
my frantic hands clumsily flail
thru your hologrammed soul
are you still out there?
have you like I, suffocated?
in the vacuum of a comfortable life
i’ll gather the courage
i’ll climb your perilous tower
sweep you from the dragon’s mouth
hold you in my pulsing arms
and never let you go
