Scent marking
my way into your heart
I believe you may have one
you wear it on your sleeve
with a poker face to match
I can't tell if you can love.
Though really, this nose knows
its owner's heart is often fickle
flitting from fragrance to fragrance
mimicking each shift in the wind
But if my native perfume could
but seep into your veins
hide in your arteries, pump into
that quiet heart of yours
for but one beat, one breath, one life
I will consider myself more fortunate
than any who have gone before.
~~~~~~~~~~~~AEW~~~~~~~~~~~~~
