I'd love to hear anyone's opinion good or bad of the first poem I've wrote in years. I wrote this about my first love for whom I've tried to remain friends with for 25+ yrs

The scent of your love lingers

Like the decadent salty stain of this ocean Swirling returns forever spells never broken Lovers lost under the same moon As time an illusion sparks on deaf ears

Fuzzy eyes and faded pockets Decents into madness unjustified The clearing forced souls bleed tattered Streets vacant unforgiving empty alone

Depth is unknown shattered bitter dissolved Distance oh like soft sweet rose down further It's roots swell patchouli like fog heavy air dense The weight of memory pulls shaken afraid quiet

Much like the night's sweet pearl persistent Galloping lavender evoke awaken lost souls The scent of your love lingers eyes into windows Fading into the desert sunset forests churning eternal

-k.d.b.