Turn off the city lights
When the sun's belly sinks into the lake
Look skyward to drink the darkest of night
The moon is stitching a mantilla
Each thread emerald-grey, caught in aurora's spray
Turn off the city lights
The black velvet rose among the roses
Blooms, its single eye drowning every starlight
Look skyward to drink the darkest of night
Let the lone black bird
Spin-climb the clouds on south wind's tail
Turn off the city lights
Imagine celestial heaven baring
its purple womb, its milky strands
Look skyward to drink darkest of night
Let it descend, clear as spring
Water, rushing symphony of reverence
Turn off the city lights
Look skyward to drink darkest of night
Posted for D'verse Poets Pub - Hosted by Mary ~ Free verse Villanelle ~
