Now if you read Lonely Days, then you already know how all of this ended, but while it was on, it was totally on, so much so that on a warm Louisiana Saturday afternoon, a simple box inspired a muse I did not know dwelled within me and I wrote my first poem to her.......
~~~~~~~~ THE BOX ~~~~~~~
~~~ BY: Cozmik Debris ~~
A BOX ARRIVED, LAST SATURDAY
AND I MUST NOW CONFIDE
THAT WHAT THE BOX CONTAINED THEREIN
STILL LEAVES ME "TEARY-EYED"
THE BOX WAS BASIC, PLAIN AND SQUARE
WITHOUT RIBBON, WRAP OR BOW
NOR WAS IT COLORED, JUST PLAIN WHITE
IT SEEMED A BOX, NO MORE
NOW LET ME SAY HERE, I KNEW THE SOURCE
AND I KNEW IT WOULD ARRIVE
BUT I CONFESS, I DID NOT KNOW
IT'S CONTENTS WERE ALIVE
INSIDE THIS WONDERFUL, "PLAIN-OLD" BOX
WAS TREASURE NO MAN HAS KNOWN
THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT I COULD RECEIVE
AND NOW, TO CALL MY OWN
THEREIN I FOUND, FIRST, WORDS OF LOVE
SOFT KISSES PERMEATING
THEIR MEANING WAS CLEAR FOR ME TO SEE
TO MY VERY SOUL, RELATING
ALSO INSIDE WERE TWO SOFT HEARTS
CONFORMED AS ONE HARMONY
A PERFECT MESH OF TWO DESIRES
FIRE AND FANTASY
AS FOR THE FIRE, TWO FLAMES WERE THERE
RED, WITH PASSIONS GLOW
A FIRE THAT CANNOT BE QUENCHED
A NEED, THAT ONLY GROWS
THE FANTASY CONTAINED THEREIN
WAS THERE AS ONE LONE ROSE
THE PETALS SILK AND EVERLASTING
THE SCENT OF LOVE SHE CHOSE
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'M STILL NOT DONE
THE BOX CONTAINED MUCH MORE
A BIG RED HEART, I SAW INSIDE
THE SWEET "CANDY" OF PASSION'S LORE
THEN TIME TO TALK, I FOUND THERE TOO
HER DESIRE, COMMUNICATION
THE WRITTEN WORD NO LONGER SATING
HER HUNGER, ENUNCIATION
ALSO THERE, A WONDEROUS RING
A TRINKET, YOU MIGHT SAY
BUT TO ME THIS RING WAS SOLID GOLD
TO HER SIDE, IT SHOWED THE WAY
OH YES, LET ME NOT FORGET
AS IF IT WEREN'T ENOUGH ALREADY
THERE WERE DOZENS AND DOZENS OF HEARTFELT KISSES
A VIRTUAL LOVE CONFETTI
I HOPE IT IS NOW PLAIN TO SEE
THE GREAT TREASURE TO ME BESTOWED
THIS BOX, THIS TOTALLY INCREDIBLE BOX
HAS SET MY HEART AGLOW
HER LIVING LOVE, SHE SENT TO ME
HER HEART TO JOIN WITH MINE
COMPLETE SURRENDER TO LOVE'S SWEET CALL
OUR HEARTS AS ONE, ENTWINED
NOW AND FOREVER, ETERNITY
I KNOW IT'S FROM ABOVE
I'LL SPEND MY LIFE IN THE TOTAL JOY
OF ADOZNROSES LOVE
~~ finis ~~
