Intense clangor—the joyous movement
of rod and belle
of the brash and the subtle
caroled with rubied passion,
they ring with joy their supple skin.
Fertile in consummation, in oneness
these two-to-one
jewel their future
days with melodic movement.
Appealing with rings that couple gold,
One circle—unending, endless, eternal,
They spangle their handed time with madrigals.
The chiming lyric of the sapphire
adorns their sensuous moments.
Embellishments of gemmed time
lay close
jeweled bare on their skin,
on circular strands
Down
the years
Turning irritants, trials, and struggles
Into pure spheres of visioned music,
Shimmering pearls of perseverance
(Unlike the coldness
of the bland flatness,
the flaked shale
of many a marriage's mediocrity).
He and she chime in their aging,
wrinkled skin, touched creases,
caressed emeralds of cherishing,
lasting into the soft opalness
of Olding, their souls flow
warm with mellifluous serenity.
Precious
the seasoned-round romancing,
the ringing, rubied
Song of songs.
—Daniel Wilcox
Previously published in Word Catalyst Magazine, December 2008.
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