Driftwood

I looked for you under every stone washed ashore on the beach

Rounded by each lapping wave

Me too, I think

Softened by your precious kiss

Smoothed, no longer rough

More beautiful, easier to hold

I am every tree branch that has drifted thousands of miles

Now weathered by the sun

Transformed by the sea

The tides have changed them

Bleached boughs they be

They are strong now

Able to carry more weight

Voyages, wash us

Clean us

Help manifest new form

It soothes me a little bit

I walk the beach

As I am with you

Shine

My magnetic deviation

The hidden force

Pulling me this way

A dreamy inclination

With bearings pointing

To you

Floating in shades of sapphire

Celeste axis

I rotate around you

Orienting me to turquoise rhythm

Luminescent illumination

Our first sighting

A sundial defying time

Shadow edges align

Our compass rose

The opening of your smile

Levant waters they do touch

A floating needle

You point my way

A dream pool

Brushed with a pen

Little circumpolar star

A moon gives no light

It only reflects the beauty of another

Shine upon me

I'll radiate your touch

"There's a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?"

Plastic is synthetic

Contrast to natural

By design

An underlying position

Deriving value from another

A non-traditional chord

Artificial sweetner

Of enhanced materials

Cubic Zirconium hearts

Imitating the real

Simulant of being

Feigning

Deceptive story

The called in sick day

A fictitious excuse

Speaks in another voice

Make believe

Invented

Playing pretend on a beach

Deceptive, factitious summer novel

Bild Lilli

I see you under the sun

Melting in the horizon

Sand Castles dissolve

Tides wash away

Black Sanctity

Hora Nigra, 'the black hour'  

Absence of light  

Children afraid of the dark  

Veiled dreams  

Ebony shadow follows us

Hiding identity

Mysterious and concealed

Symbolic allegory

'Le Livre du cœur d'amour épris'

Clandestine secret

Stealthy backstairs of our heart and soul

Concealment of what lies within

Absorption of sable moments

Is it, black misunderstood

A contrary force

Yin to Yang

Burned earth

Luminosity had to precede darkness

Some spark

A flash

Flame before

Coal from embers of our being

Duality  

Olber's Paradox

Pitch sightings, lead to reflection

Only in absence of brilliance do we truly appreciate it

Raven herald the radiance

Befalling twilight

Night

Gloomy and bleak

Somber and dour  

Midnight

A Queens color

For which we cast fire

Hide, behind tinted sunglasses

Holly Golightly dress

Hope is the new black

Break of day redemption

God's first gift "Let there be light"

Eight-branch candelabras, celebrate enduring faith

Diwali lanterns glow

Allah, a source of light

In our darkest hour

It is the stillness of black

That illuminates our personal beacon

Light comes in many colors

All that is good and bad

Black and white

We have

Shades of sanctity