Confinement

Moonlight washed me in its white crane wing And she didn’t know I was far away Quietly leaving her door! Each glistening grain spoke her pain Cajoling me to go back to her warmth And not court the windswept shore! How would they know I was not there seeking love But dig deep the earthen night Find something more! Something more than love More treasurable more eternal Waiting to be discovered in that lunar carnival! The sea knew the secret But the waves wouldn’t return What’s destined as a lover’s fate! As the night waned in hush Dimmed the moonshine Slowed the wind’s rush I stood on her door Begged her And she took me in her warmth She knew I couldn’t be far!