
A KNIGHT TO REMEMBER
THE BLUE RAIN FALLS ON FATEFUL NIGHTS,
INFECTING THOSE BENEATH IT'S LIGHTS,
AS DISEASE SPREADS INHIBITION DIES,
AND ANTICIPATION FILLS THEIR EYES.
THEIR NERVES THREATEN SANITY,
AS EACH REVEALS THE OTHER'S KEY,
BOTH ENDURE THE PAIN UNKNOWN,
AND FIND THAT THEY ARE NOT ALONE.
WITH THEIR BACKS AGAINST THE WALLS,
THEY CIRCULATE THE EMPTY HALLS,
THEY CARESS AS BARRIERS GIVE WAY,
SEARCHING FOR SOMETHING TO SAY.
THE ROSE GROWS SILENT IN SPITE OF COST,
AS HEATED WIND IMPEDES THE FROST,
THE TEARS OF GRIEF AS MOTHER'S MILK,
DESCEND UPON THEIR SHATTERED SILK.
A BURNING TOUCH DESTROYS THE TEARS,
A WARM EMBRACE DECIMATES YEARS,
A WHISPER OF PLEASURE ESCAPES IN BLISS,
AS TWO BECOME ONE IN A PASSIONATE KISS.
EACH RETURNS THE OTHERS' LOVE,
AS THE RAIN ATTACKS THEM FROM ABOVE,
RELEASING NATURES LONG DENIED,
AND FILLING EACH WITH NEW FOUND PRIDE.
FALLING DOWN...TO THE GROUND,
THEY LISTEN TO THE DRUMMING SOUND,
AS THEIR HEARTS IN FURIOUS DELIGHT,
CELEBRATE THE POWER OF THE NIGHT.
THEY ESCAPE AT LAST...FIERCE AND FREE,
TOUCHING THE FACE OF DESTINY,
AND AS BOTH THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS CONCUR,
TO EACH HIS OWN...KNIGHT TO REMEMBER.
© OCTOBER 10, 1991 By Jason Wright