I agree with the partiularly/especially flow issue, and possibly I would change elixir to ambrosia just to give the range of scents a wider base, but other than that it's a fabulous piece of poetry. I can almost see/hear Spike in this little collection of words and emotions, and that is amazing to me. I can't write decent non-angsty poetry to save my very life, so a applaude those who can. Thank you for sharing this.