Isle of Agony (In the Elements)

Toney L. Valen

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Perspiring heavily

Filled with emotion

The sun’s ray cooking my tanning skin

The wind steers

Flows with bluster

Touches my skin like a cool hand of relief

Off in the distance

Loud yet beautiful sound of birds chirping near

I’m overcome

I’m a bit overwhelmed

Thoughts

Wander

Wanting... You!

Lost on this forsaken isle of agony

Day by day

The fiery of the sun’s rays cook my tanning skin

The breeze touches then subdues the heat

Giving my body just a bit of relief

The constant chirping...

Unsettled

The sound takes over

The room reverberates from the sound’s recollection

Through nature’s distractions

My mind stays on you

The widening distance between us makes me yearn

Just knowing that we can’t share our love - makes me wild

Wild, as a strained animal kept from the wild

Kept from what it cares about most... Home!

You are home to me

Only the memories of you keep me going each day

The way we would lay together gazing at the clouds

Gazing at the Big Blue depths of the sky

The sun tanned our browning skin

The wind blew

Your hair whipped with bluster

And I recall your beauty

I continue to reminisce

Oh how!

We embraced one another

Metaphorically...

Contemplations

If I could wrap my arms around you

One hand touching your back

The other around your neck

Later grasping and clawing at your back and lower extremities

With your reassurance, I believe that our love is everlasting

The birds, God’s mystical music, sang in the background

Now, driving me wild as I recall our heart’s song

I fall to my knees in godforsaken agony

Alone

Without you

Tears falling down my face

Crying because I feel reckless

The exuberant feeling of when our skin... touch

Touching the oily mixture from your delectable goodness

The memories make me barbaric

Yelling, sad, and shaded in gray.

The scrutiny of not being able to hold onto the love we had

Vulnerability engulfs me

Objects thrown

Anything unweighted gets wrecked because its proximity

You’re my missing piece

Calmness eventually takes over

I lay on my back

Clouds roll by

My complexion continues to darken from the sun’s ray

Another breeze fills the air and chills my spine

Touching my chest

The place where you should be - with me.

I look out of the window at twilight

Gazing upon the twinkling stars

I will never forget and will agonize until we reconnect

Our heart song will combine and we will find our way

I believe that God will never leave our love astray

My faith as well as the nostalgia will keep us connected

Mystically the birds will