On A Summer Night

The jasmines look up at the sultry moon and smile
their luscious scent wafts in on the silky breeze
embracing me gently, kissing my bare shoulders
and the world dances the sensual dance of desire
in beautiful, graceful moves and delicate swirls
dreaming of destruction and creation within it.

The heavy moon hangs in the arms of a cloud
the ocean shimmers in silent, silvery waves
I light the lamps of clay with fragrant oil
and hang them on grass blades along the banks
I look for your footsteps on abandoned paths
and scatter flowers, songs and dreams along them.