Under a bright moon
your face veiled
by shadows
our hearts touched
we didn’t speak
life moved
like dreaming
feeling a sense
of the unseen
ever entwined
our silent thoughts
slowly drifting

time stood still
suspended
in this single point
of eternity
forever framed
to hold the moment
mantled in moonlight
most beautiful
that is how it was
how it ever is

a quiet softness
almost too lovely
to endure
and still
the beauty exists
the night is ever full
of the emptiness
of the heart
yet carries the promise
of tomorrow

in the all-encompassing
silence
starlit skies
form patterns
of eternity
you
for whom
my heart seeks
what will time bring us
the next turn around?
you
whose pathway
has always been
merged with mine
gently haunts my dreams
© Ann Bagnall