Vows Beneath the Moon
I will steal a million star kisses
from the farthest point of the abysmal sky
Pluck them like the strings of my guitar
then lay them at your feet in a basket of thorny wilderness
wild and laden with blood and lavender
as an atonement of my surrender
I will melt you in scented gardens
among resinous flowers strapped in an opium cradle
woven with the golden sheaves of Elysium fields
filled with sweet honeydews
pleasured with dark perfumed cherries
tasted on the lips parted like Orchid’s bloom
I will billow around you
wrapped in the winds beneath swans wings
woven white with the purity of fine linen
to be swept in fitful breezes of your embrace
eavesdropping to the tender warbles of angelic choirs
sighing through laughing leaves quivering with tenderness
I will dust your body dripping with fruitful pollen
from golden buttered sunflowers tall and towering
painting the sky filled with choirs of yellow canaries
so I may fill your shoes with happiness
in the swarm of brim-filled honey bees feet
so you may shine in the night with the darting of fireflies
I will call upon all the silent stars to adore you
With the brilliance of irresistible light in their affection
to illuminate your smile as you wake to the moon
that lavishly glows to gather the love light
which conjures orange blossoms in your eyes
and turns to fire
April 26, 2021
The Mystical Dream Poetry Contest
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