HUMAN SCENT

Human Scent

I awoke,

The house is full of light.

The fragrance of pomegranates

suffused the air

I paused, thinking,

then smiled, remembering the night –

Oh, so utterly wild.

I had perfumed myself with

pomegranate's seeds

rubbing it deep into

the pores of my skin.

"What is this fragrance?"

he asked, sniffing my neck,

"it is driving me mad."

I laughed and gave him a ruby

red drink.

Will he come back tonight,

that fantastic person

I never knew?

If he does I should be prepared.

What shall I do? ,

I wish to drive him to the

end of the blue.

Then, I knew

fragrance of carnations

I will drive him to an Eden of lust -

fragrance of carnation

a woman's delight

make any man jump out of his mind.

anticipation in my blooming heart

sweet scent of carnations

perfuming my skin,

wafting around.

He didn't come that night

such sadness, such sorrow

filled the carnation-scented night

it stuck like a knife

in my fragrant, scented 

heart.