You
Under the moon
your face veiled by shadows
our hearts touched
we didn’t speak
life moved like dreaming
feeling a sense of the unseen
our silent thoughts drifting
time was still
suspended
at a single point of eternity
forever framed
to hold the moment
that is how it was
how it is
mantled in moonlight
most beautiful
a quiet softness
almost too lovely to endure
still the beauty exists
and the night is ever full
of the emptiness of the heart
yet carries the promise
of tomorrow
in the all-encompassing silence
starlit skies
form patterns of eternity
you
for whom my heart seeks
what will time bring us
the next turn around?
you
whose pathway
is merged with mine
now gently haunt my dreams
© Ann Bagnall
