The Heart's Pitiless Thief Poem by Kevin Patrick Brown

I was not looking at what was offered as slowly came we
Carelessly, my heart left wide open, for all who would look, for all who would see

We grappled at time in terrible haste, wildly we danced, drenched in our love
You drew a dark soft curtain, as we banished the past, stories lost, a forceful shove

I drew as always, your breath into me, and held it so close, loath to release
As we clung to time, all our passion unspent, could this zealous love ever cease?

But as time is measured always with a clock, so our spirits were finally appraised
The curtains so dark, could it always and ever arrest the past as it smoldered, then suddenly blazed?

Suddenly my soul was at risk, the dread ever rising, likes some dark fearful tide
I threw out the truth, my strong powerful net, hoping to catch what might be my bride

But when I retrieved the meshes of gold, nothing remained, not even your soul
I banished you away, in pain and despair, my core sorely damaged, never to be whole

After you had gone, I searched dark places, my heart ever stolen, never to remain
And we were lost, never to be found, all that was left, a boiling legacy of creaking pain

Our time together, so quick yet so strong, who would believe a passion so brief?
Unassailable, onwards you strode, scorning truth and redemption, my heart's pitiless thief