In search

 decades 
 gone by
 since a heartfelt smile
 brushed
 my lips
 -lips that dress in the latest colors
 -lips that smack of diplomacy
 -lips bereft of joy
  
 centuries 
 rolled by 
 since I tasted pure joy
 a battered soul
 in search of something
 to enthral
 -soul that was humiliated
 -soul that was defeated
 by the corrupt 

Weekend Writing Prompt #113 – Enthral