The silken cord What is this cord that binds me With silken rainbow thread? Sweetly perfumed clouds of love's Seduction, a compelling fog That drives from out my head Confusing, scattered thoughts A golden light that blinds me While reason yet reminds me How tomorrow finds me Lonely, filled with sad regret And yet... strong magnetic forces Greater than the force of will And stronger still than logic's sway A promise pulls me in...to stay... Until that harsh reality of day... When heaven fades away... The silken cord is loosed... And lonely hell is left to pay. Poetry