moonstone and opals
Moonstone and opalsβan argent breath at dusk,
Aura of moonstone, cold and quietly brusque.
Eyes like opals, depth turning shadows to song,
Luna skies unravel, long and opaline, long.
Starry constellations hang like corals in the night,
Silent reefs of silver that lick at the light.
A jasmine hush drifts from hedgerows half-seen,
Sweet as a memory, sharp as what’s been.
White joy, a pale lantern trembling on the shore,
Shimmering waters keep secrets and more.
They answer in ripples, in echoes undoneβ
The moon and the jasmine and nowhere to run.
