accepting rather than expecting

the starkness of reality does erase the afterglow
as the cold winds of a separation begin to blow
a tightness the pit of the tummy does grip
the beginning of two lovers departing, the trip.
bit by bit like a cake the fantasy be nearly finished
to mere crumbs, what they had, now diminished
a trip that separation does make hard
the return who knows when, leaves the heart scarred.
and, thus, that last evening be the dalliance
of deep surrender and need to forever remember in defiance
for what those two lovers knew to share
many others would never dare.
when kissing and touching, to devour would be the style
gentle, passionate, complete in adoration smile
and the look when the eyes on each other rest
to swim and drown in who the other may be, the quest
but, what could one say when their bodies be naked
that unrestricted need to plunge and possess, awakened
no holding back, oneself to disclose and reveal
two people together a perfect whole, coital, to seal.
oh how life does know to play its game
a perfect union that cannot be, who to blame
be it the stars that aligned not be
thus it be a cruel tease and nothing more to see.
i sat and watched her, my heart did ache
doomed she be when her heart he did take
and there i be lost in thought, sad and confused
thinking about the reason why love, to her be refused.
how wrong i was for that was not the case

rather, two people for a mere moment ,did happiness chase
neither unrequited was the love
but rather blessed from above.
it took a while to understand and accept what she tried to tell me
in her explanation of how lucky she was, hoping i would see
for better to know true love once in your life
than to hanker for something wishfully imagined the strife.
brave i thought, for once upon a time
i too knew my heart to be filled with love sublime
and i had to agree with her sentiment
better to have loved than never know loves content.

RB.