Apart

'Neath a shroud of greenery
A rock sits for ponderance.
As an island on the sea,
One sits in quiet presence.

An ocean of forest brush
Encircles a lone island.
An expanse of ivy lush
Parts a man from life's demand.

Fading columns of sunlight
Provide a soft ambience.
Singing songs to call the night,
Crickets fill the sea's silence.

On this rock of reflection,
I yearn to steal a shared glance.
Gazing upon reunion,
My thoughts fall upon romance.

May 26, 2002