mood miscellanea

PETITION

GIVE ME A BLACK NIGHT

WHEN THE MOON STALKS THE SKY

A GOLDEN CONQUEROR;

THE PEAL OF SUMMER THUNDER,

THE BROODING WHISPER OF AUTUMN LEAVES. THE ROAR OF WINTER'S ICY BLAST. PERMIT ME A LONELY STRETCH OF BEACH WHERE DRIFTWOOD LIES WAITING

TO BE GATHERED AND BURNED

UNTIL ITS FLAMES RIVAL THE STARS.

LET ME KNOW THE SHADOWS

DENSE AND OCCULT CHARM

WHERE | MAY MEDITATE

AND DISCOVER THE PATH TO WISDOM.

ALLOW ME THE BEAUTY OVERLOOKED BY OTHERS.

I'LL SEEK THE SPLENDOR OF NATURE'S WRATH

AND CROWN MY LOVE WITH NIGHT BLOOMING CEREUS,

WHILE WEAKER SOULS GATHER THE PALE MORNING-GLORIES

AND CLAIM THE ETERNAL BRILLIANCE OF THE SUN.

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CAROL HALES

SO LONG IT SEEMED

SO LONG IT SEEMED

THE WALLS OF DAILY ROUNDS

SHUT OFF OUR LOVE.

AND THEN LAST NIGHT,

IN THE DARK

CLOISTERED WARMTH,

YOUR SILKEN SKIN BENEATH MY HANDS.

THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR CLOSENESS

WAS MIRRORED IN THE URGINGS OF THE FLESH.

D.M.L.