dear mortal

the embrace of love
is impossible to release
for love knows no temporal thing -
it is merely borrowed
by delicate hearts
upon a fragile plane.
our body yearns for pleasure
yet our refrain is that of pain
and the colors of bliss fade
to black and white,
in human time,
as the flesh we wear,
this veil of silk and shroud
clouds our vision;
the never ending flame -
love eternal.