Thou art coral-red & blue; constellation
of desires, dance of spring-youth
& time-worn winter alike—
Thou art right
as a bright moon upon a starry night!
Come, fine friend, combine
thine amethyst love with mine,
so I might mine garnets
from thy mind
& find thy diamonds thus thrice divine!
Whilst I, sapphire as I may be,
sleep sublime submerged in sea,
& seek out olive peridot,
yellow & green—
Scenes of opaline moonstone dreams!
What a beautiful poem. Love the rhythm of it, and this alliteration
sleep sublime submerged in sea
adds such a nice luster to the whole piece!
Thank you! I’ve been out of practice for several years, but this one jumped out of me a couple months ago. I had a lot of fun playing with the colors and sound in this poem!
I adore this. It feels like a dwarven love poem.
Hahaha, that thought hadn’t occurred to me but you’re totally right! That gives me a delightful new way to read it, thank you!
Wonderful work, it flows off the tongue beautifully.