Eclipse

So here we lie, beneath the moon
As we've done so oft before
    Sterling shafts of silver silk
    Dance lightly 'cross the floor

And deep within our dew draped folds
Of satin sapphire blue
    My pearly skin lies cold and bare
    Yearning so for you

I gaze into the deep, dark sky
And scattered starry chance
    And breathe the air, so spicy sweet
    Seductive, shimmered trance

I watch as shadow sheaths the moon
Eclipsing eloquent beams
    Staring full into her face
    I'm swept in waking dreams

Sensations course throughout my skin
Like imps of carnal urge
    Careening deep into my soul
    The depths of longing surge

And still you lay, beside my lust
In silent, slumber deep
    Caring not for wild flames
    That from my body leap

Fires made by wood and coal
Burn hotly, sparks from hell
    But even flames of lava cool
    When placed by passion's swell

Every nerve within me burns
The body and the heart
    Within the chill of dewy night
    My will seems rent apart

Blackness falls across the land
As shadow cloaks the moon
    And in the moment it descends
    Resolve is swiftly hewn

Lost is thought, is time and place
Nothing do I know
    Except the driving wildfire
    Tastes of heaven and below

Then silently the moon appears
And beckons clear to me
    The shadow's gone, the night is calm
    Again my eyes may see

And yet you lie beside my love
Content in dreamland far
    And I lie still, in wonder fleet
    And wish upon a star

Not once does your skin seek my own
Left lonely, needing more
    And sterling shafts of silver silk
    Dance lightly 'cross the floor