Moonshadow

She sails under a moonshadow
on the back of a white swan.
Tears fall down her cheeks
because her heart is unloved.

She sees twilight in the water

then turns around to face it.
A star shooting overhead
sparkles romance from its tail.

She thinks, Why can’t that be for me?

But each tear that fell on the lake

became a ripple towards shore.
And love waits patiently
just beyond the water lilies.


(From the book Selected Poems 2004-2007)