Green

by Angelo Niles
(San Diego)

In the evergreen of midnight
I find you waiting.

A naked rhapsody lying
in the low grass;
Your smile beckons me like opium
to a lover’s addiction.

In the nectar—sweet dew
of your eyes
I find my reflected nature
vanishing in the evergreen mirage
of my thoughts.

I embrace the vigor of morning
and rise with thy breath near me;
A taste like rain on a honeysuckle
held tenderly
in my hand.

So cool thy kiss
caressing me with calm.
As your face fades into the emerald mystery
of my dreams,

I wait. . .
for thy infinite bliss.