Lure of Emptiness

I shall return to you some other Autumn

When the red leaves fly

And your thoughts and dreams once again

Swirl through the shadows of the mountains

Stirring me from my dust and waking me

From my visions.

And I shall be as a star or comet,

Brightening your sky as I burn

Myself out, throwing off

The shadows of unrest that have

Covered you in my absences.

Be content beloved, I am here only

To build you the crystal palaces

Of your unguarded moments.

This is my totality,

That I am enlaced in your atmosphere

Until the soft rains come

Again, to settle my dust

In the far corners.

I shall return to you some other Autumn,

When brother Summer has fled

And the cool and heavy clouds grow again,

Swirling in the shadows of the mountains,

Shaking the bones of my existence and moving me

Back into your circumference.

And I shall be Hunter’s moon radiant,

Limning your desires as I wane

Back to darkness, banishing  

The shades of unrest that have

Surrounded you in my slumber.

Rest now dearheart, I exist only

To attend your restless dreams,

To protect your unguarded soul.

This is my totality,

That I am enchained to your needs

Until Zephyr’s kiss again

Sweeps my tattered spirit

To the far corners.