eleMEntary, my dear John
reflections of, and on, a self-centred sleuth
like the eleMEnts
you surround ME
taken for granted
always nigh
unnoticed
unassuming
underrated
but
imperceptibly
irrevocably
changing
ME
the autumn sun of
your soul
warms the cold places in my heart
reaches into shadowy recesses
of a self-centred
ME
creates bright spots of colour
where before
there was only
obsidian
black
your cheerfulness
like sparkling spots of light
dapples darkness
dances
across the impenetrable pond
of
a cool
controlled self
your smile causes
ripples
in the brooding
depths
moving
gently pushing
forever forming
wanton waves
with boundless energy
lapping at the rocky shore
rounding edges
of a heart
set in stone
incessantly
irresistibly
imMEasurably
inestimably
your ceaseless caring a warm wind
a balmy breeze
caressing
self-inflicted scars
soothing
breathing
coolness
on heated temper
softly stroking
smoothing ruffled feathers
your sharp wit
casually scratches
impregnable smugness
forever leaving
tiny traces
of reality
on the sleek surface
of the thinking
machine
creating cracks
of liveliness
in the still life
no one
cares
to give a closer look
intrepidly
you leave
scars
marks
stains
imperfections
on impeccable
presuMEd perfection
which may make ME
in tiME
if not a good
but at least
a better
MEnsch
imperfect
but
YOUman