n.

you speak of her as light
          possessed with amber eyes
          dispersing your heart's darkness
          but can you also love her night
          dwelling behind an artful smile
          as the moon dips between clustering trees
          casting black velvet shadows
          a hush between lips, damp with waiting
          can you hold her unsteadiness  
          with faith-filled hands
          patient and calm until her moonlight
          shimmers upon your skin again.

beethoven's silence.