Under dreams of
sweltering plum rain.
I contend only with
the power of love.
I’m in too much awe
to leave you alone.
Eyes open, I take
one step forward.
As the rain takes
off your clothes.
All around… dragons,
magpies and paradise….
A glistening softness,
with the night stars
kissing our eyes.

Dark jasmine,
the sun lights it.
On the path of
desire, my lips no
longer hesitate.
I am not too
old for this.

On the thin line I walk.
Hushed and dead
lie all the dreams.
Too many long nights,
spanning the centuries.
I turned course long ago,
to find the necessary vein.
A fragment in a room’s dimness,
and a life without you.

With you by my side,
those daunting days
never looked so good.
Each shining moment,
a jewel in the
blackness of space.
But long years,
become short.
And time’s shadow
was left behind.
Yet always, it was
well worth the closing.