Winsome Wild

I turned, 

and there I saw

a lake shrouded in mystery,

afire in ethereal vapor

filtering through its lattice

rays of gilded gold;

transforming my world into another. 

I listened, 

and there I heard 

the winsome whisper of the deep 

gripping my spirit

quickening my heart

to the sound of indelible silence. 

I watched,

and there amidst vapor and ice

arose visions my heart could no longer quell.

Wings of gold

encircled raiments of silver and white

as her spirit whirled within the whirlwind

edges of fire razed through mist and storm

ablaze in the whisper of the wind.

rhinestone and zircon shimmered

atop timberland beauty

as the divine met mortal,

eternity met present

and time stood still.

We shall dance once more

upon depths unbridled

in the storm and in the vapor

upon the ice and within the fire,

and here
within this winsome wild.