~*~ The Courtship ~*~

~* Daybreak *~

No proclamation is given ~
No band playing a tune ~
No chorus to announce the arrival.

~* As day comes *~

Night flirts with daylight ~
Lifting her ebony gown ~
She bares her light blue legs.

~* The courtship begins *~

She tethers her long braid ~
Undoing her woven purple hair ~
As her vermilion nightgown falls.

~* Seductively *~

She collects her trinkets ~
Moons, stardust, and stars ~
She deposits into her compact.

~* And coyly *~

Daylight overcomes her now ~
Reaching into the fading darkness ~
He kisses her face.

~* Linked together in love *~

Daylight encircles her evening cloud ~
Drawing daylight over her head ~
She is gone!

~* Their courtship complete *~

Another dawning is here,
A union of sanctity,
And new day is born.

~* Rejoice *~


~* o0o *~
Mysteria © 1999


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"Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself."
~ Hopi ~

~*The pen of the poet never runs out of ink, as long as we breathe.*~
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Betty Lou Hebert

Wow........what a courtship you discribed...a really awsome imaginitive representation of day and night.....of light and darkness........

I loved it......

Thank you dear Mysteria for letting us watch it...... .......{{{hugs}}}
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It's only me.......only me
I hope that would suffice eternally

{{to cross a sea of wonder, and hold close at heart all dreams}}

If I have made you smile today, then I have done my job!    ~* Mysteria *~