Vows Beneath the Moon

I will steal a million star kisses from the farthest point of the abysmal sky Pluck them like the strings of my guitar then lay them at your feet in a basket of thorny wilderness wild and laden with blood and lavender as an atonement of my surrender I will melt you in scented gardens among resinous flowers strapped in an opium cradle woven with the golden sheaves of Elysium fields filled with sweet honeydews pleasured with dark perfumed cherries tasted on the lips parted like Orchid’s bloom I will billow around you wrapped in the winds beneath swans wings woven white with the purity of fine linen to be swept in fitful breezes of your embrace eavesdropping to the tender warbles of angelic choirs sighing through laughing leaves quivering with tenderness I will dust your body dripping with fruitful pollen from golden buttered sunflowers tall and towering painting the sky filled with choirs of yellow canaries so I may fill your shoes with happiness in the swarm of brim-filled honey bees feet so you may shine in the night with the darting of fireflies I will call upon all the silent stars to adore you With the brilliance of irresistible light in their affection to illuminate your smile as you wake to the moon that lavishly glows to gather the love light which conjures orange blossoms in your eyes and turns to fire April 26, 2021 The Mystical Dream Poetry Contest Sponsored by Anouchecka Gangabissoon