a simple glimpse
that corner
of the eye
it began
enthralled with
each breath
enamor with
each beat
lost to an
enchanting
beauty
captured
by a mere
portrait
unable to quell
a burning desire
ignited passion
seconds linger as
this sensuous image
slowly smolders
her eyes kindle
a flame
deep within
silence engulfs
the heart strings
perform a
melodic tempo
conceived
beat by beat
adrift in the vast
recesses
of the mind
a line in the sand
drawn by sanity
lays ignored
as sunlight flickers
upon her hair
as she walks
upon the seashore
her fragrance lingers
in her passing
her taste from that
first imagined kiss
her response
to your lips
as they caress
her skin
with every sigh
the obsession
engulfs
with each throb
sounds of silence
consume
time and space drift
further and further
apart
lost into the
insanity of love
as thoughts end
in twisted sheets
the sound of your
name rips at the
fabric of reality
a moment torn
asunder
the sounds of silence
gone
those moments fading
like ripples upon a pond
In the novel Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova, her character becomes obsessed by a woman in portrait hanging in a museum.
Art by Anna Razumovskaya
#love, # obsession, #mental illness
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