Waltzing

Awakening with a promise

I lay there a moment enraptured,

Hugging it tenderly close,

Relishing the sweetness of a future

Replete, assured

It lingered in a smile,

Flashing images of quaint reality

Woven into my dreams;

But on rousing- eluding so swiftly,

Escaping out of reach

Like a sprite it vanished,

Rushing past my outstretched fingers

Before I could regain

Consciousness, or identify the hunger

Giving it birth

Mayhap I said, it wasn’t so

Wonderful after all-- or did the answers

Too escape, slipping my grasp

Waltzing like impassioned dancers

Away, beyond my clasp…

 ~Glowing Embers~

 30^th March 2007