Unkissed

 

If you look where I’m standing  

You won’t see me there 

Nor my thoughts all around you 

Sent with hope and great care 

 

I’m dense fog and light mist 

Shade and shadow and dream 

I’m the weather unplanned 

Lost in pattern and scheme

 

I’m the tale of hope hiding 

In misunderstood gist 

Told by a most forlorn princess 

Of a sad prince never kissed 

 

If you look where I’m standing 

You won’t see me there

I’m the one you can’t hold 

Though I'm as close as the air

 

 

                  s. paul  (April, 2021)