She is brighter than dawn

She is brighter than dawn

by Michael R. Burch

 

for Beth

 

There’s a light about her

like the moon through a mist:

a bright incandescence 

with which she is blessed

 

and my heart to her light

like the tide now is pulled . . .

she is fair, O, and bright

like the moon silver-veiled.

 

There’s a fire within her

like the sun’s leaping forth

to lap up the darkness

of night from earth's hearth

 

and my eyes to her flame

like twin moths now are drawn

till my heart is consumed.

She is brighter than dawn.

 

Keywords/Tags: Love, Light, Dawn, Moon, Stars, Mist, Heart, Tide, Fair, Bright, Fire, Sun, Dark, Darkness, Night, Hearth, Earth, Flame, Moth, Moths, Meter, Rhyme, Traditional, Formal, Quatrains