Step Into Starlight

Step Into Starlight
by Michael R. Burch

 
Step into starlight,
lovely and wild,
lonely and longing,
a woman, a child . . .
 

Throw back drawn curtains,
enter the night,
dream of his kiss
as a comet ignites . . .
 

Then fall to your knees
in a wind-fumbled cloud
and shudder to hear
oak hocks groaning aloud.
 

Flee down the dark path
to where the snaking vine bends
and withers and writhes
as winter descends . . .
 

And learn that each season
ends one vanished day,
that each pregnant moon holds
no spent tides in its sway . . .
 

For, as suns seek horizons,
boys fall, men decline.
As the grape sags with longing,
remember -- the wine!
 

Originally published by The Lyric

Reviews

[Lea Sheryn]

Beautiful. There is a great sense of longing in your poem. Starlight provokes the call of love and romance.

[Michael R. Burch]

Yes, I think there is longing in the poem. There are times we want things so intensely, but the dangers hold us back. We are caught between desire and hesitation, like Hamlet.

[Lea Sheryn]

I agree. So many choices to make in life. Whether to be hang back or move ahead is always something to ponder.

[Michael R. Burch]

Yes, and sometimes caution is advisable.

[Lea Sheryn]

True. Mistakes are made through lack of caution.