Love <br />has not eluded me- <br />rather, <br />it has pursued me- <br />it has stalked and surveilled me. <br />Love has hunted me down <br />and assailed me. <br /> <br />Suddenly, <br />I have turned, back to the wall, <br />eyes wide with surprise. <br />I have seen love, bones and all, <br />bared of its dull disguise. <br /> <br />And now I know <br />how it will go, <br />love does not sidle up, <br />pink posies in hand- <br />but ruptures the fabric of life <br />with a firing brand, <br />searing forever its singular name <br />upon the unsuspecting <br />heart, <br />by flame. <br /> <br /> <br />(2011)<br /><br />Katharine L. Sparrow<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/scorched-7/
