…and graceful shadows
A brief moment
of possibilities
night drenched
in the bright…
…white
of moonlight
where soon
we will both…
…be drowning
gently cradled
in the hush
where darkness
still unseen
is ever…
…so softly
falling
now intertwined
our shadows dancing…
…like leaves
in a gentle breeze
first blush of twilight
the sky
achingly aglow
a slow…
…slow burning
quietly melting away
vanishing…
…like dreams vanish
into the distant horizon
the heavy perfume
of roses
and sweet tones
of magnolias
an incongruous
dark…
…damp fragrance
endlessly…
…dripping
into the night
these ancient awakenings
an unspoken language
a pale moth…
…ghostly
floats aimlessly by
and in the light
and graceful shadows
it seems as if
it never was
as if…
…it has ceased to be
in the distance
the windless ocean
shifts…
…and sighs
and your eyes…
…your eyes
my heart soars
into the star filled skies
© Ann Bagnall
2014 Revised 2024
