Indiscretions: Obsession

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Indiscretions
copyright © 1993-2004
by H. Paul Shuch, Ph.D.

Obsession

Ever since the moment that we met
Thoughts of you have filled my waking hours.
Alone at night in bed, I cannot sleep.
When I slumber, you invade my dreams,
Until I am awakened by a poem
Demanding to be set upon the page.

My mind is analytical, and so
I contemplate the last time that I knew
Symptoms such as these. They happened last
Some years back, about the time I fell
In love with she who later was my wife.
Reluctantly, the scientist concludes
That he is falling now in love with you.

Surely this obsession soon must pass;
No flame this intense can burn for long.
Otherwise, I'm sure to die of madness.
And if that, then I can only pray
For death to take me smiling, from your arms.

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