I once knew love

As stars above

Shone down like rain

In a lightning storm

Cyclonic embrace

Enraptured my soul

And brought me to tears

When it died long ago

 

I once had trust

As rocks below

Sturdy like mountains

In a typhonic blow

Earthy encased

Captured my fears

And taught me to doubt

When crumbled all it endears

 

I once felt truth

As sunshine surrounds

Leapt up like static-shock

Grappling me to the grounds

Intricately interfaced

Nurtured my name

And caught me without

When I was pulled from the frame

 

I once held faith

As lifting clouds

Cradled my dreams

Impervious to the tempest

Reluctance replaced

Future foretold

And naught came about

When forced from the threshold

 

I once could see her

As a parallel echo

Two lives in trajectory

Slipstream simpatico

Obstacles outfaced

Adventures in pair

And the vision erased

When it kicked me down the stairs