Mabh Savage
Words and the world passing by; how it sings to me; how I clamour back.
Afterglow
And he says ‘Radiant’
And I wonder
Like a golden beach?
Eggshell sand broken
Under happy toes
Hair whitening in Helios’
Breath of beatific
Beneficity
And I gasp
Cool moonlight
Broken on water
Lake still and cool
Until bodies and voices
Dive and delight
In the caress of night
Bathed in Luna
And he says basking
And I close my eyes
Drifting lazily
Sleep drugged
Morphius’ thrall
Happy to fall
Ancient and adored
And he says afterglow
And I blush
And turn away.
(c) Mabh Savage 2013
