Candide Diderot Poet Free verse

The Narcissus Halo

Peering into your eyes
is like witnessing 
a Carravagio master
for the first time,
not quite clear,
hazy, 
the Narcissus halo 
reflecting in those
twin pools of deep
azure moire silk,
falling 
into their reach
one remains 
secure for a while, 
above it all,
assessing 
your cloud strewn
sun dappled rivers,
oh the temptation
of it all,
to touch what 
lies untouched 
underneath
below that shining 
calmly moving 
surface
carrying thoughts 
and feelings along,
it's high tide,
the fingers gently touching
teasing the no go zone 
rippling a wake,
break the anticipation,
the thrill wet and electric, 
the gently touching, shocked,
pull back again, momentarily,
played like a puppet on a string,
like a harp being strummed,
like a bow and arrow aimed,
the high tide's current -
its pull dark molasses, 
strong and magnetic, yet 
it's not Eventide -
the moment, 
one senses,
will arrive, 
to confront,
to dive in deep,
to meet you 
within the emeralds,
to stroke you,
stir the waters
for longer than 
the trip, 
oh the temptation,
the dissipation 
of a dissolving halo,
to breathe life
back into 
your beckoning lips






Candide Diderot. ‘24 





"fast falls the eventide..."

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