…that dare not meet the light

A clandestine meeting
our final words
our last goodbye
our secrets safe
deep in my heart
sealed with love
a perfect entanglement
forever seared
upon my soul
yet the river
still flows unseen
seeking passage
and refuge
in my dreams

there is a silence
between the endless
empty hours
where the shadows trace
the forgotten vows
across the lips of death
where the earth
is slowly shifting
between the sun
and the moon
a slow, soft eclipse

in this sacred place
of wishes and dreams
you return to me
in the hush of midnight
like a forgotten song
an unremembered dream
the truths that dare not
meet the light
but linger silently
in the ebony night

we do not speak
we never do
the silence holds us fast
until the hands of time
tear the veils again
the flames of mourning
still burning bright
drifting together
in our hidden streams
we are two ghosts
with one undying heart
morning is a threshold
and I awaken
with silver upon my skin
© Ann Bagnall