The Arbor (Lace)

Forth into arbor.
Every movement entranced. 
Circuitous lulls dissolve themselves 
onto thin, silky lace.
The web envelopes the coastline - 
Ethereal in origin and the present,
The connectivity tactically, carefully
Navigates amongst the leaves.
Evanescence latches to absence
As dew blossoms into shade,
Baptizing the rocks below.
A zenith sways with the hydrangeas, 
And lapses of time
Bitter the salt water breeze;
These wait for Asclepius, 
And for the Peonies
To shudder in the warmth.
And these lapses
Prick the finger
Through purple velvet,
And a bead of blood,
Carefully, tactically,
Surfaces.

The controlled beauty;
A stain,
Until the arbor
Becomes tangible once again.
A deep burgundy drips slowly, softly,
Mesmerizing the ghosts of the lace.