you wandered into my lonely place and held my hand,
taking my heart and singing into the wind.
we went like that, you and i, for a time,
feeling sunlight upon our eyelids;
we held laughter in our palms.

and we walked on, together, you and i,
the kiss of moonlight throbbing in our temples;
we felt stardust powdered across our shoulders.

the fragrant jessamine on the bowered paths
led us to the garden wall.  how high and tall,
this garden wall!  we thought to rest a while there,
our backs settled against cold stones of resistance.

we dreamed to ride again the moonbeams
and float away on silvered wisp of clarity.
we mused the moment of sunlight streaming
through open eyes, a fate eternal, and entwined.

and fragrant blooms the jessamine
upon the bowered paths.