The Dance of The Lampyridae

We once danced like the glowing Lampyridae
Bathing in the molten heat of a new fire

While walking hand in hand 
Down loves panoramic highways

Flames of belonging and such sensuous fire 
Lit and consumed our aura's

But when the winter of our love season arrived 
With the familiar sound of jingle bells

Announcing our Oak wedding anniversary 
On that particular sunrise 

On December the fifth

That mesmerising spell broke like the mythical Sword of Elendil

And my world 
Shattered

So blue is my new season watching the midnight Lampyridae dance 

Alone
In the silvery moonlight

Like a young Gene Kelly and Rita Hayworth
As we once did

While my life slowly drifts
South

After I lost you
My world and the only thing that once mattered

Wandering lost in my mind's so many labyrinths filled with our hieroglyphs

As I stand alone on 
Death's high cliff

When I remember that first time we met 
On that beautiful night  

When our souls were ordained by God's light

 (C)
Copyright John Duffy

(Lampyridae: Firefly)

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024



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