Romantica
You in soft focus
beneath a night-fall
of jasmine,
hands freckled
from planting sunlight.
The leaf and vine
of a meshed sensoria
mask more than
a wrinkle or two.
At last it is okay
to be these veteran actors
in a love story.
The world will survive
another day
of our bruised fruit.
Copyright © Eric Ashford | Year Posted 2019
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