Hidden

 Hidden  

 

Silent under Heaven’s murk 

Hearts in union pound  

Mindfully softened breaths 
Blend in muffled sound 

 

Shush old rippling creek bed 

Hold tight your liquid tongue 

Keep our secrets safe here 

Far from everyone 

 

Bedim your spirit kind moorland 

Never give out our names 

Hold our meetings locked up 

Our cravings hard, unchained 

 

Here, we find devotion 

Liberation without dread 

Here, we share our freedom 

Relief without the fret 

 

Chase my soul sweet lover 

Hold me ever close 

Assuage the mean forbidding 

Keeping us apart 

 

Kiss my lips with fervor 

As dawn wanes and ebbs 

Take my love as promised 

Damn verboten webs 

    Jude Stringfellow 11/16/2020