Cologne

​It was a new beginning 

New city, 

Unknown street patterns 

And loads of work to get commited to. 

You were no more a memory to return. 

You were the cold steak I was never to taste, 

Forgotten and lost among the various other plies of my past. 

Smell of a similar cologne caught me off guard one day 

While  I walked through the crowd of the busiest hour. 

It smelled of comfort and attachment. 

Comfort that I missed for so long. 

With that sudden fragrance I felt hunger inside of me. 

Hunger for a place where I felt loved and overwhelmed. 

I rummaged through my heart to name the comfort I felt

And when I finally could find the right memory,

I had your name to my lips. 

The distasteful cold Steak that I was to avoid 

was forced to plate

And it made me sick again,

Sick enough to not be able to smile for days.