Cologne

The night yields shimmering

silvery scents of incandescence,

day holds the iridescent petals

of illumined thoughts.

Within the mind inspiration’s cologne

has so many aromas

when intuitive nostrils are tuned

to detect each profound fragrance.

 

Almond traces of wooden invitation

conjure forest serenity

lavender hints in floral scenes

induce a lilting whiff of peace,

above the sky mint shawl

is inhaled in tranquility,

upon the cerulean waves

sea breezes perfume calms

and those chocolate layers

in the mountains stirs with bliss’s honey.

 

One smell of those visionary bouquets

can filled the creative sense

with a panoply of image incense

until it flows as a beguiling essence

through the fingers

and out as droplets of invention.

 

Once those vapors have touched your life

the air is stale unless the odors of expression

cling to the conscience as tangy teases,

so instead of dwelling in stagnation

each place traveled by the gusts of time

summons its own vernal sensations.

 

By that olfactory literary artistry

a poet collects those samples of aromatic insights

left upon a page with lingering impact

from the gardens of the experience.