Dancing Afterglow

Exiting the pale grey coffin mouth

Heavy in October’s quiet morning moan

Sing deluged seawater epics

Over leafy burning phantoms

Yellowing pilgrim rage

Her sun slivered eyelashes

Bat blood blistered castaways

Burning rose tipped alms

Demure flame

Atop mascara mountains

Her thundersquall boots

Chained to heated gravity

Disturbed ballet

Leaping volumes

Out the black frosted heel

Keeping sacred sleep

Where untamed silhouettes

Spear naked openings

Sashaying swords to ghost husk trees

Choral flower battles

Reedy hymnal dreams

And sound is mute chambered gold

By her spirited marble steps

That kiss moorland halo

To such a sun swaddled beautiful death

Wrapped diamond cold

But pressed fathoms deep

Under cathedral skies

Crushed velvet twinkles

Her wild dance

Eternal snow

Bittersweet lodgings

Ashes and afterglow.