Eclipse

How we used to sit by the side of a jumping cataract Watching the sunlight dancing through the smoky vapour With every droplet mirroring a spectrum of shades And sat dreaming of a time when we will be made man and wife Never knowing you would vanish out from my sky like a rainbow. You were like a candle that glowed luminous Emitting undeniable light of love and warmth Your grace was like fresh snow gently falling On the fringes of leaves and the petals of roses And you shone on me like the light of a harvest moon Now when I see the homing bird that comes to join its mate And listen to the notes of a nightingale from the deserted wood I think of you and slip into an abyss of agony and longing With waves of commotion swirling in my head And I see my sky suddenly turning stygian black. When the setting sun in its twilight glows When the waning day's last glorious rays enclose I seek you in the hovering silence and seclusion of my life And wonder if love adrift and lost in the air Will return once more to alight upon a shattered heart....