Dreaming Egerts

[Dark Muse]

Dreaming Egrets

I dream of egrets
falling from the sky,
surrounded by the soft down
of white feathers,
they smother me
beneath their weight.

I am raptured
by the egret's flight,
buoyed upward,
graceless as I may be
but they keep me suspended.

Because it has always
been only you,
I wait, endless I know it may be,
but you are there
before me.

You with your subtle
delicacy, hidden reserve,
fragile and yet determined
for life.

Love is another matter,
you hide from it,
and try to conceal it away, diminished,
but we both know how it lurks,
a secret desire waiting stoically,
like the bird in the reeds.

Until that time
when you are ready to strike
and lay claim to what you seek,
I will remain as Theodora
dancing with my egrets
and seeing only your eyes
burn into my soul.

[YesNo]

Nice love poem. I like the idea of "laying claim to what you seek" in the last stanza.

[Dark Muse]

Thank you!

[Melanie]

This is so beautiful. I could read it over and over again.

[Dark Muse]

Thank you!