Shaping the Shadow

As in dense mist I walk entranced in pace slow, tracing your footprints my heart beats return, out of sight I shape in me your ornate shadow. When from the horizon northern winds blow, chilled clouds spread dark shroud on the sun, as in dense mist I walk entranced in pace slow. I see you now saunter in my sunshine meadow, adorning gems of my dream an angel you turn, out of sight I shape in me your ornate shadow. The spurt of your enticing fragrance I follow, your elusive trail I won’t ever waver to yearn, as in dense mist I walk entranced in pace slow. The sunburst sky makes my craving mind glow, in blazing passion stoked by your fervor I burn, out of sight I shape in me your ornate shadow. In dim twilight as I traverse life landscape fallow, to live with the agony of the longing heart I learn. As in dense mist I walk entranced in pace slow, out of sight I shape in me your ornate shadow. _____________ August 13, 2022 Contest : First Person Villanelle Sponsored by : L Milton Hankins