At midnight A flower blooms Petals lifting To the moon Like a bird Who sings her song Sweetly, swiftly For too long Too long, for She's out of breath A kiss held fast 'Til her love's spent She is me And me is I And my eye sees me Left behind A heart not found In fiction's fact Encased in glass Like bric-à-brac
-Written July 3, 2012
as my life began to transition
from one season to the next
At midnight
A flower blooms
Petals lifting
To the moon
Like a bird
Who sings her song
Sweetly, swiftly
For too long
Too long, for
She’s out of breath
A kiss held fast
‘Til her love’s spent
She is me
And me is I
And my eye sees me
Left behind
A heart not found
In fiction’s fact
Encased in glass
Like bric-à-brac
The sun must go down and the night prevail (for a time) before a new day dawns.