May I Dance With You
May I Dance With You
They slide along the streets
waltzing, lost wanderers
safeguarded in the cloak
of anonymity’s invisibility.
Their eyes convey the darkness
of a night that lingers, holds
dawn’s edge of light at bay.
Cold moon of bloodied trees
traces their metronomic steps
gliding in hallucinations hall
cavorting with vague apparitions
seeking solace in the offering
of a tarnished evening,
camaraderie in a crowd
of vagrant voices.
Partners – unfamiliar with the steps -
feet - lost in joy’s rustling leaves -
gliding along lonely streets.
10/16/2016
Copyright © John Lawless | Year Posted 2016
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