and just like that I was swept away
      as sugar maple whispers to the lake
   pointing to a piercing gaze
                               and most wanton sigh

I fleet fast and perish like the ebbing sun
         holding dear emotions of the past
                  ‘what is life but a pleasant dream’
death winked and squeezed
                                           my fingertips

Pray once
             pledge twice adamant lips
  ‘as enamoured soul at ease with love’
                 and though I may or not respond
           look to the stars
                                         and far beyond.

 

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Posted on “Fireblossom Fridays” @ Real Toads

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