
A WINTER'S DREAM
WHITE LANDSCAPE REVEALS THE LIGHT
TWO AGELESS SOULS APART UNITE -
A LOVER'S TOUCH FELT AND A KNIGHT SO TRUE
THIS NIGHT IS SO BRIGHT IT WILL BLIND YOU.
THEY WALK WITH FREEDOM CLOSE BEHIND
WITH THOUGHTS THAT SEAR THE HUMAN MIND -
THEY DREAM OF PHANTOMS, LORDS, AND KINGS
AND WEAR CLOAKS OF NIGHT TO HIDE THEIR WINGS.
THEY HOLD THE SHADOWS IN THEIR GRASP
AND LUST IS FROM THEIR BEINGS CAST -
THEIR AURA IS PASSION INCARNATE
WITHIN THEIR EYES IS HELD YOUR FATE.
TORRID DRIVES RECALL THEIR PASTS
THEIR LOVE AFFAIR IS ALL THAT LASTS -
EMOTIONS BIND WHAT WAS ONCE UNDONE
THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE FEELINGS WON.
BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE HERE
A SECRET AS YET KEPT -
HIDDEN BY FEARFUL TEARS
THAT THESE MEN HAVE NOT YET WEPT...
THEIR PAIN IS ENTICED
FOR A MOMENT'S GENTLE BLISS -
BUT THE MASQUE RESUMES IT'S PACE
WITH A SENTIMENTAL KISS -
BUT THIS KISS WILL NOT FREE THEM
OR RELEASE THEIR BIDDEN STREAM -
FOR THERE IS NO ESCAPING FROM
THIS DREADED WINTER'S DREAM...
© AUGUST 21, 1991 By Menes