one small taste

tiny drop dripping
essence distilling
element light and air
beauty unaware

one drop I stole
and swallowed whole
of youth purity
in mine ambiguity

savoring her potential
a theft not accidental
memory now alive
dreams hopes arrive

late summer departs
back to spring hearts
craving yet one more
satiate me back to before

reaching for lost intangible
new youth unnegotiable
close my eyes fantasy
lids droop to insanity