Written July 18, 2020

lady midnight
with her weary arms
spreading lavender 
luminescence 
across that vast
moonbeam jungle

lady midnight
with her guarded kingdom
crags smoothed 
with silken fingers

what secrets dance
in your pale eye
sweet lady midnight? 

you slip
silent
into dawn
leaving crows
to mourn your passing

Lady Midnight © Safira Schiowitz