Black Onyx Eyes

You bring the sunrise
and the dusk chases you home
and midnight black cloaks
your body like
the blue hour.

That black veil headdress
bright onyx eyes
amaretto and caramel skin
swirling in the shadows
above cherry lips.

We met in the springtime
before the frost died
before I could retreat
between cold snaps
between golden hours.

When the ground is humid
and the air is damp
the burning star above
sheds rays and wavelengths
between our dreams.

When the stars shine on my face
your radiance washes it out
like summer rain
drenching me
infusing me with your energy.

Our time is when the leaves change
when the darkness becomes brisk
your infectious love spills
across my face
like a mask of undiscovered colors.

But you are a shimmering diamond
reflecting and refracting
Love from without and within
out across a prism of faces
sending light back into your spirit.

Becoming a moon in orbit
of your diamond star
soak you into my dirt
turn light into life
my perennial mission accepted.