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.
