from a dream

The time she woke herself....

somnolent stirring of lash & limb
five thirty-two 

trembling with the weight of who she was 

with him 

echoes of blue jays--rain weary day 

stormclouds mask the dome of everblue
as 

love drifts away 

sureness lies bare 

exposed to this hazed light 

no lingering of his amber ghost remnants 

truth softens the night 

golden the moment 

intimacy's grasp 

holy the bind 

release the clasp 

awake to fire
'neath willow & briar
drenched in August
becoming the thunder...