The Timeless Hour

This is the timeless hour

When ripples dance in the velvet lake

And stars swim in the breezes;

When clouds float to distant horizons

And their bellies shiver in the waves.

This is the timeless hour

When her breathing is slow;

When her back is arched;

When quivering halos of light

Shimmer back at me through the gloom.

This darkness is a chrysalis

Where her angel wings can spread;

Where passions rush and silent engines roar;

Where two bodies surrender to the tide

And ride on crests of waves;

Where currents surge

And the swelling oceans

Cascade over them;

Where they kiss the horizon

And fall… fall into cooling waters.

This is the timeless hour

When the sweepers drive by;

When, wrapped in a sleepy cocoon,

Two bodies learn to breathe together,

And shared whispers make sense of the world.


[2009]