Dew

Oh, these rare moments of happiness,

So tiny, so brief, so ephemeral!

Let me steep myself in them,

Clasp them tight,

Shut my eyes,

Hold my breath.

Let me live them

Before they vanish forever.

- Say no word my love,

Lest this brief spell of enchantment

Become briefer still

Let me not think of the future

Lest the approaching desolation

Colour this hour

And stealing from the richness of these moments,

Leave them poorer.