Restless Eyes





In the depths of a  candlelight , in the hours of a lover's night

When eyes felt heavy and worries quivered out of sight

I remembered a caress, when sins were deemed right

When the shimmer of your eyes with warmth they used to ignite

 The feeling each touch of yours aroused

that immortal rapture which leaked from a kiss of thine

drenching me with ecstasy until my desires tasted divine

When every second lingered with a thought of you,

You danced the hours of my stress on breeze that blew

The sun in my clasp closer than a rose to an early morning dew

a feeling that first flickered with flames then a fire it grew

could heavens be as blissful? I wondered but never knew

the only one you remain

that can soothe away anguishes dwelling in the evocative vein ,

of which a mind

With burning insides and a tear it hides

 can't help but turn Away as though blind

does darkness stay when thine sun surmounts in pride ?

  Even if my malady was a fever if classified

I shall count each seethe of tear as I cry

For nostalgia burns and soon bandages will dry

Until above me watches none but your eye

Ease me with a remedy, softer than a melody

“ oh, love ! Lies where the sorrow of thy ?”

Is it the fever or is it the chime in your lullaby ?

That holds the consolation of the other dark world

From the lids of a restless eye, of an anxious lover , oh my!

One that seeks relief in the cliffs of a wink

but from slumber it hides, for deep it won't sink

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Submitted on December 18, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme A A A A X B B C C C C C D D E X E F F G G G X G G X G H H
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,419
Words 278
Stanzas 29
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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