Love Poem: Some Passing Tune

Some Passing Tune

SOME PASSING TUNE Listen, my love, rise from the bed with me . . . How can you sleep through night's eternity? You sleep too long, anon our life will break - now is the time to live, eyes be awake! Gaze by the window at crystal clear waning moon, beloved remember nights like this will pass too soon. Count and watch for winking stars in the hoary-domed sky; evening is born of shadows and upon dawn must die. We are aged yes, but still none too wise, for we have moonlight, starlight in our eyes! Caress me dear, be mindless that our time is going to a secret land that is not beyond our knowing. . . Come lean your drowsy head against my shoulder. Hurry, before we are older and the wind grows colder. Cuddle me, our autumn soon will cease to be -- with each passing moment left, ah! be all you are to me! Awake, my long darling -- to be with you - - to stay the lengthiest of lifetime through is much too short, a time to feel, to see your grave, sweet face held close... held close to me! ________________________________ Written: 1st stanza and last: iambic pentameter 2nd, 3rd, 4th: variations from 10, 11, 13, 14 syllables Sponsor: Sheri Fresonke Harper Contest Name: Rock Me Around the Clock or Rock Me to Sleep--Rhythm Poems Placed 4th ©O. E. Guillermo 03:37 pm, December 23, 2014