dusk arising

now ready to depart

 

 

taking colours she has stolen
           from out my sweetest dreams
she paints a journey
                  leading from my heart
through crowded rooms
                         and whisperings
to my waiting train stood long
                    now ready to depart


pastel shades of blue become
                     golden fields aflame
casting jewels of sheer desire
            \'cross the canvas of my soul
pulse of passion clouds my sight
                  as light of reason slips
and brutal urge within creates
                    needs beyond control


the early hours reach out
               and crawl to light of dawn
where hearts lay fragile, tender
                   beneath a quilt of fear
emboldened love reassures
                   in passion now re-born
and hesitation \'ere within
              lifts her veil and disappears