Desire

Stars blinking bright, blue and silver, lush and swollen in the nighttime sky

as I stood with you on the snowy ground.

The moon overhead,  full with longing,

drifted out of sight before I could tell you to stay.

Desire and time swimming about us,

whispering our secrets to the wind.

Gilded wings spread wide, took flight far and away where all endures,

bearing the weight of thoughts and fears and prayers ancient, lusty and  sweet.

LR