Burning For You

A Lover’s Quatrain

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You forgot your book and missed your train
I waited window side, where you last stood
The gleam of candle light and morning rain
My pillow — the scent of your sandalwood.

My heart knows that you will return
My mind alive repeating the night
My soul can wait, but your voice I yearn
For only you my…