To Write is to Dream...: 2021

Saturday, September 25, 2021

Sailing amongst a dreamscape Drifting gently upon each breath Hoping the sandman lets me stay

Inspired by

Drawn to your illuminating allure

Made of amber hues dancing in the light

Twirling and swaying in fiery grandeur

Turning, floating, falling as you take flight

While you steal the warmth and breath from my world

Life turns to brittle pieces of decay

As more diamond flecked blankets are unfurled

Darkness continues to swallow the day

The misty grey brims with an oozing chill

Then your mood swings arc back to startling blues

Amongst the dampness I inhale my fill

Of the beautiful starkness drifting loose

Spiral circles from beginning to end

An expected cycle both foe and friend

(Note: This poem was written a while ago as part of a series of pieces describing the four seasons, after a friend challenged me to write a sonnet.)

The warmth you radiate pulls me to your embrace

Your light lingers mingling in everything

Even as the ebb of time dictates you race

In this moment there is no doubt you are king

Out of your divine dynasty morsels are born

Providing feasts of tastes and textures so sublime

While this growing banquet ripens into a storm

We reach the pinnacle where your supreme reign shines

From within your heart a chorus of music flows

This kaleidoscope of senses ensnares us all

A stretching canvas washed in strokes and shades of blues

With overwhelming beauty bringing forth our fall

Yet a truth remains as you hold others at bay

Your glowing heat so loved will have to end one day