Communion

Snow flake wisps in random flurries Waft through he moon’s eternal flow. Lengthened shadowy figures linger, Hot breath stilled in the streetlamp's glow, Embracing there in the street below. The winters moon, caught slyly peeping Coyly draws her sheltering screen of Flimsy gossamer clouds around her, Shielding sad eyes from this worldly scene. Shimmering crystal crackling sidewalks Mirror the sea of twinkling stars As stumbling, mumbling long-time losers Forced from their haunts in local bars Seek kindred souls for the lonely hours Cherished images return to greet me Faces etched in seamless time There through the snowflakes resurrected From hallowed chambers in my mind, Those whose lives once fused with mine