The Mistress

You were there last time

To hold me together

When my world collapsed

And the gloom relapsed.

I came to you…

With teary eyes and sorrows untold

Not knowing what to do and who to hold.

Enveloped in your blanket of comfort

I forgot the worries that haunt

For those moments of heat,

There were no caveats.

I gave myself whole and soul

Without a second thought

With no objective or goal

I let you engulf me

Unquestioning and unbounded

To let this mystery unfold

I woke in the morning

To shade you from light

I left you a note

To tell you of my plight

I left.

Never to return

To be found again

When you want to get lost and regain

That tenderness of anonymity

That solace of unfamiliarity.

I hope you’ll be there next time

To hold me together

When my world collapses

And the gloom relapses.