Poetry Corner: The Evening Shadows 

Evening shadows fell at the dusky darkness

Trees dressed in darkened shadows

Birds chirped, but no more in bird songs

The sun deserted a duty post

And the moon turned up for nocturnal postings

 

The stars sparkled to

startle the evening

The leaves danced to the tune of the evening breeze

The branches strummed a rhythm for the wheezing breeze

And the evening strayed into a lingering darkening

 

A gazing peer at the slipping moon

A listening ear to the rhythm of the heart

A yearning desire for the heavenly touch of your embrace

And suddenly…our fingers slipped through

And locked

 

A yearning nurtured to reach the skies

High into the skies

Where birds learn to fly above the blue

The blue made for the clouds to flip

Like sweet kisses made for lips to sip

And the evening winked at the clicking lips

 

A long reach for the flowers

For hearts to fill with a bouquet of roses

For hands to clasp on a bundle of daffodils

Flowers made for bees to lick

Bees made to lick the flowers

Flowers made for lovers to pick

For lovers to stick, always to be

And the evening just hung and hovered

 

A long stretch to hold a hand to a tree

To a dancing tree

Trees made for birds to rest their wings

Wings meant for birds to fly high

Birds meant to fly against the wind

And the evening suddenly flew by in a single swing

 

And you slipped into me

You and I

We were made for the evening to love

 

II

The evening shadows

An evening of shivers

And of quivers

Shadows of quivers

Quivers to make two hearts shiver

 

And whisper

Whispers to quicken the hands to quiver

And suddenly…our fingers slipped through

And locked

 

An evening of jitters

Jitters to make the eyes glitter

An evening to flatter

Flattery to fall on a platter of caresses

When our fingers slipped through

And locked

And the evening looked away in ecstasy

 

And we stuck to the side of love

You and I

We were made for the evening to love

For love to smile in the shadows of the evening.

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