she led me to a forest
in the deep darkened mountains

where are you taking me, titania
love of mine, it's late

we passed through the country town
lit by its lights
by it's folk
clinging to the brightness
the clarity
of their life
made of lies

we passed through the lamp lit roads
traversed by sleepers in their chariots
sodium vapor torches
that tried their best
to say
it's still day

we turn to a path
from the pavement
a dirt road
surrounded by bushes
by whistling pines
bougainvilleas
we parted from the lights
from the roads
from the people
we entered through darkness
that shone
the 6 pm light
the dusk that was more true
than noon

and she led me to a clearing
surrounded by trees
and in it's center
a bird bath
stood like an altar
a sacred platform
within the blue
ancient

and around us
fireflies
i haven't seen so many
for so long
they surrounded us
like stars around a black hole
in a cobalt void

she took my hand
and leaned to my chest
this is where we met,
my oberon
this is where it's tranquil

where we're real