Softer now the shadows are as evening steals across the ground <br />And darkness her oily mantle drapes the distant hills without a sound <br />Come now, come my own sweet love and walk with me some little time <br />Spend with me these secret moments, and here on mossy bank recline <br /> <br />Brighter now the stars revealed, hard their edges are perceived <br />Shards of glass dance on the river - grateful river, light receives <br />Come now, come my heart’s commander, brush your lips against my ear <br />And once more in love’s sweet comfort tell me all I dream to hear <br /> <br />Darker now as clouds unfolding roil above and foil all light <br />Interrupting Luna’s beams - incarcerating all in night <br />Where are you if not beside me, distant as the unseen dawn <br />Blind am I without your presence, lost without your gentle form<br /><br />Gabriel SimpsonLaw<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/softer-now-the-shadows-are/
