Striated even after carriage through a river
I could stand to affirm enough as a four-cylinder
Partner to your velocitous crossfade of Madame
Butterflies murmurating from your word to eyes
I no longer supervise; life could not be sweeter
Guilty from the privilege of coming to know you
As though a festival of spirits can still bleat
Along the oxygen your presence heats
Throughout and when your existence hits my blood
Because the night isn't forever, these words sleep
Where you may hope to see what they truly mean
To a forested lake whose combination is a song
Written by any number of fallen bards
Completely entranced by nature, but here you are
Courageous and stopping the light with beauty
In a righteous crusade of darkness