Inspired by “Wishful Thinking” by John Petrucci
Moments plucked from fairy-tale
Pages unfurling in surrender
To the alluring summer gale
From the window of my desire
Primrosed by a perfumed inhale
The crown of camellias covering
Her locks which dare not fail
In enticing elating infatuation
Her piercing smile could so impale,
Her skin, light peach and freckled orchid,
Her eyes a calm Eustoma grail,
Deep and full as the Caribbean Sea
So vivid in thought, so imposed the detail
Starlight igniting her violet gown
Bare shouldered, her skin so frail
Like silk to the hand as our dance began
Our turning waltz did make a trail
Her dress glittered in hibiscus
Her voice like a breathy nightingale
Sultry in romantic verse
The more I hear, I do derail
Her lips lingering, rose and rouge
And as they touch mine, and I know they’ll
Be touching intently, I then turn pale
White chrysanthemum as the memory fades
I awaken from sleep, my eyelids the veil
My eyes rolling ‘round, my face on the desk
My breath bombarded by olfactory ale
But before I weep, pining my fictional love
A familiar scent begins to flail
My senses, I turn to my neighbour’s window
Gracious, slow and gentle, with pail
In hand, she tends to her garden sill
The vibrant flowers beginning to wail
In joyful bright colours, and she looks to me smiling
With the same lips I dreamt of
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