Vitalité

You adore what you don't understand.
I seal the blinds.
Unknowingly, you're entranced.

I can tell everytime you smile
and with every look
you swore I didn't see.

I can't share the sentiments,
though you're vibrant.
Your face doesn't stick
to the outskirts of my dreams.
Your arms fail to engulf
this brambly barrier.
And your touch is hardly the aloe
needed to alleviate.

You're a soothing chorus
in a song I sing in shadows.
Just one beam of light,
erases all tentative progress.

I fear it will take
but one surge to vanquish
all your woeful attempts.

These cracks will never seal
and there is no time to dry.