Vestigial Chains

I have tried to forget youon numerous daysand in numerous ways. But you say invariably,"I am yours, sincerely". And I search yet againfor the vestigial chainsthat bind you and me. I think of you;and your fascinated facepeeps artlessly throughthe haze of a former age:Oh! those inaugural, elegant days. I look up.....expectantly, readily....... A hesitant keenness surges......timidly, momentarily,then bleeds away briskly, desolately..........mortally. Just a few relics abide:Some frosty imagesand evaporating voices,......sobbing quietlythrough the nasty silenceof the night. © Chandra S., 1994