Splendour

When two hearts come to meet
fluttering shadows rustling on a night wind
then perchance,
life begins      anew and fresh  
bursting in joy
as the earth blooms
before the first rains of the
harvest Moon
fall like tiny drops of nectar
on a parched ground

Lights shimmer from afar      she walks in splendour
yet as she comes closer
eyes close at the
brightness of her beauty,
shaming even the Sun into hiding  

golden birds of song      
dulcet, come hither          dark clouds disappear
would have them be naught afore you.

As He walks with her,
        sandalwood burning,
the fragrances rise
        borne on the breeze.      
cannot hope to be like them.
dampened fires,
subsuming all in their path
We walked together
yet joined        
as One
and again,
separate