Between desire and fulfillment

A life lived between desiring and fulfillment


that school prize- a sign of your place in the world of stars...
the sight of the finish line flash blurry ahead awaiting your triumph
of sniffing expectantly while your mother stirs, when oh when?
the touch of an admiring glance before the compliment comes
the warm breathe of longing, soft on the flesh, heavy on the heart
before your favourite strains of the song befall your ears..


the pregnant pause of life, full of promise
between your breaths - yet not yours
intoxicating like wet earth
washing over you like the waves
eluding you like sunshine...
an ironical itch behind your back...


For, is not each of us-a king and queen in the waiting...