Love Poem: Opportune

Opportune

Oh, I must find you ... in the moon,

               Tender beams, the heart to swoon -

     Wave-tops dancing with doubloon,

          The warming gems of middle-June ...



Soft, dewy, sapphire tears festoon

               The vines of eventide, thus strewn

     In midnight magic, gone too soon,

          These lullabies, I'll weep and croon ...



So I must find you there, and soon,

               As years, like ripened grasses hewn,

     Dictate to broken hearts, my rune ...

          This aged, romantic-eyed ... buffoon.




Written and submitted on January 25, 2019
For the "Late January 2019" Poetry Contest
Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor.