Sapphire And Serpentine (Slip Away)


This heart of mine

It longs for you

But the masquerade

Is like the oncoming tide

From which I ache to slip away

As a river winding away

Sapphire and serpentine

Sweetly shadowed by night

Towards the distant shore

©Ann Bagnall

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