Rapunzel

Rapunzel
by Michael R. Burch

Regret,
a bitter
ache to bear . . .

once starlight
languished
in your hair . . .

a shining there
as brief
as rare.

Regret . . .
a pain
I chose to bear . . .

unleash
the torrent
of your hair . . .

and show me
once again―
how rare.

Keywords/Tags: Rapunzel, Hair, Locks, Tresses, Mane, Torrent, Tower, Seclusion, Isolation, Imprisonment, Captivity, Love, Regret, Pain, Distance, Separation, Divorce, Make Up, Make-Up Sex, Myth, Fairy Tale, Happy Ending, Unhappy Ending, Parable, Moral, Analogy, Allegory, Extended Metaphor