You came to me in evening
Enfolded still in the arms of the sun
With the dew of morning still on your lips
And your feet bare in the long grass

You came to me whispering promises,
When the last flower
Had given her offering
To the wind and scarlet butterfly

Dance with me in the garden
While the moon shines
You said,
Before the birds quiet
and the earth sleeps

And you caught my hand
In the rush of dusk
And gilded my hair with stars
While the crickets played in shadows
And the ladybugs watched
Curiously from fragile petals

But you were as spring
All light and innocence and mirth
And you danced on
As the moon waned
And the air grew chill

You danced on
As the pastels in my garden
Faded to gray
And the stars fell
Back into the sky

You came to me in evening once
And danced with me
In stolen hours of magenta twilight.