(what light within shines)
Your visage echoes against
the backdrop of a warm summer
sunset and I could not have planned
so wonderful a memory to hold
Like the bit of hair a mother
holds preciously in a gold locket
It is a memory more beautiful than
the lillies of the fields or tulips
in bloom And when I remember I do
so in a passionate reverie. So
entranced am I that I cannot
possibly see how my minds eye
could seek to be at peace
anywhere but here. I am
held tightly under your
spell. And you have
pierced the hard
shell that encases
the man within.
And I am helplessly,
hopelessly trapped
beside you across
the eons until
the sky glows
no more.