Later On, in the Languor of the Married
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Music: Fugue in Bb Minor. By Dimitri Shostakovich. Sequenced by J. Marques. |
Later on, in the languor of the married, Each comfortably alone because together, Sleep lies just offshore, its blanket carried Towards you like bliss in gentle weather. Easy hours, moonlit, open pages Read peacefully, their dissonance suspended, As a child's cry moves silently through stages, Now piercing, now remote, but never ended. Do you, can you know how love has fashioned Choice and chance as weather shapes the land? Life reveals few secrets so impassioned As those which long-term lovers understand. Revel, then, serenely, as the night Enfolds the meditative dust of light. Copyright by Nicholas Gordon. Free for personal or non-commercial use.
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