She Is Brighter Than Dawn
She is brighter than dawn
by Michael R. Burch
for Beth
There’s a light about her
like the moon through a mist:
a starry candescence
with which she is blessed
and my heart to her light
like the tide now is pulled ...
she is fair, O, and bright
like the moon silver-veiled.
There’s a fire within her
like the sun’s leaping forth
to lap up the darkness
of night from earth's hearth
and my eyes to her flame
like twin moths now are drawn
till my heart is consumed.
She is brighter than dawn.
Keywords/Tags: Meter, Rhyme, Traditional, Formal, Quatrains, Love, Light, Dawn, Moon, Stars, Heart, Tide, Fair, Bright, Fire, Sun, Dark, Darkness, Night, Hearth, Flame, Moth, Moths
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