Unicorn

nothing I say will do justice to your beauty
wither my words at the glance of those eyes
wither my words at a flick of your hair
and that haunting smile
the smile that shatters my heart
painful this is, the feeling of love
denied I am, the morning’s dew
vanishing in the rising beauty of the sun
but wait; listen to the quivering sound of the wind
is that hope she brings?
Nay, just a faint heartbeat of spring
lulling, soothing, distant and forbidding
denied again, in desire, in forlorn
farewell my dear beauty
forever you’ll be my Unicorn