Delicate Tapas together they had <br />doxy damsel with gray suitor lad <br /> <br />slowly the grand via in gondolas glide <br />to far off lands, streaking trains ride <br /> <br />slow meander of the river they trace <br />from every angle Toledo to face <br /> <br />shoulders rub on stage coach bump <br />side to side giggled in tango of rump <br /> <br />tip toe the narrow cobbled street <br />In Jewish quarter of Cordoba on feet <br /> <br />at finery of Grenadian palaces gape <br />also the marvel of Florentine shapes <br /> <br />through churches old and mosques cold <br />distant life safely tucked and neatly fold <br /> <br />often laughing mindless crazy mad <br />cautious glances a bit wistful sad <br /> <br />split, distant dance demonic doubts <br />bring to fore the rub with routs <br /> <br />strange fears prance in anodyne eyes <br />propped on nameless reflective sighs <br /> <br />we grab the moments as they present <br />Or on an odyssey have fate, far off sent <br /> <br />timorous side-glances ricochet forever <br />touch no purpose and relations never.<br /><br />saadat tahir<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/timorous-anodyne-eyes-2008-2k13/
