Love Has a Curfew

My heartbeat has a curfew
When smiles are laid to rest,

When you are gone,
So are they.
Taken with the wind

That warmth,
Those smiles,
The ecstasy,

Have all gone to bed.
No afterglow,
To reminisce

The lust,
The laughs
The love

No looking back and feeling good;

Bereft of all that was.

To fill me up, you wear me out,
When fed, I feel so strong
A taste so sweet, why must I wait?
To gorge would be a sin,

Again begins the hunger
A fast until you're back;
No little bits here and there,
No snacking on the side,

So far away, yet still I smell, the
Aromas that you leave
That scent, a purge, a cruel divine,
Illusion that you're here.

With open eyes, truth restored

A comatose of cold.

No breath on neck,
Nor teeth on skin,
No shiver, from delight

Just close those eyes,
Hold on tight,
To memories still warm

Don't let them drift

Don't let them fade

It's all I have...
'Til your return

I'll savour you,
Enjoy, not waste,
Those little joys in life