Reply to “Love as it Is”
Posted on 28 April 2008 by MysticWino
Bathing Under Stars
Night has always soothed me more, far too bright
that star of day, too harsh. And my strange ways
too dark to withstand daylight . . . But it plays
too well within your skin, paled by cold blight
of winter’s stubborn thrall. You need that light
as much as I need shadows and these strays
who dance with me in night’s sky. How it plays
nurture to my soul! Heart’s solace—delight!
Yet from my cave I crawl at your beckons;
summoned like Cerberus, I heel and pant,
roll over, play dead . . . and my heart reckons
it a small price to endure one instant
under too harsh a star for your sake. Ours
night and day—I’ll be bathing under stars.
David M Pitchford
28 April 2008
