solitary embroidery

blinded by tears, into the night I wander, alone
surprised by your love’s sudden flight, I ponder, alone

there was a time I knew about illumination
in my ignorance, I tried to fight yonder, alone

I sequester my heart under the weeping willow
in the shadows of moonlight, I am bolder, alone

my dreams foretell harmony from heartbreak, now I wake
clamoring in dawn’s misty off-white splendor, alone

tears forgotten, I wait for Cupid’s arrows once more
dressed in the cloth of love’s rites I embroider alone

solitary embroidery
[2009.10.1…b]

(13 syllable lines)