Beacon
Shades of grey
Plastered across the sky
Your smile eclipses a crescent moon
Beaming into my open window
Damp air settles upon my tongue
Like fog looming a mountain peak
Dissolving like sweet cotton
Tasting like your kiss
Delicate and distinct
You appear
A rainbow arched in the doorway
A dazzling glint emanating from a dark canvas
Radiant hues framed in the shadows
I fear that if I blink, you’ll disappear
Fade away like dripping paint
Distorting the image of you
Once, so beautiful
Possessing the quality of a morning dream
Evaporating with the first signs of consciousness
Even if my eyes closed
Your image would be a burning ember
Branded in my mind
I am engulfed in darkness once again
Its stringy arms entangle me like withered ivy
Blackness prying my thoughts
But you are my guiding light
Evoking my somnolent hopefulness
That I cling to in vain
Waiting for you to extricate me
From my dark realm of solitude
Your eyes are glowing iridescent jewels
Two flames floating in gauzy fumes
And that’s all I need
To feel at home
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