Illusion – Danuta Dagair

Illusion


I recognize you in the crowd at a distance 
and rush in that direction instantly, 
but you are blurring out
like a drop of milk on the water,
leaving only an opaline mist
floating in the hot summer air.
I cannot reach it with my hand, 
or soak it into the delicate scarf you gave me,
nor capture your image in the camera;
it is already too late, much too late...
Since we met, you were only an illusion,
a plaything of the thirsty senses, 
and though real, but an unattainable being,
unaware of my wishes and desires.
So exist and be my inspiration,
my hope for a miraculous change of fate;
remain forever a sure and creative spark
for me in the crucible of poetic pathos. 


Danuta Dagair