A shifting moon on wavy shores—
lagoon of stars, of love and skin.
Their movements that the sand adores
performed together for their need.
A joining that is primed and wet—
as sov’reign stars above decreed.
At last, two souls that match have met.
As passion’s redness streaks the sky,
a seedling ruby bleeds within.
While lovers’ rosy hues comply
with seaborne shades of blue and green,
the sadness and the envy fade
in blackness holes as yet unseen.
The spectrum rays of love cascade
with wreaths of stardust coiled and spun.
Platonic forms that once were thin
combine to force the split undone.
These souls the stars have neatly sewn
find lasting joy on golden sands
as clinging skin and clutching bone
refasten lonely, frightened strands.
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TRIPLE SARABAND: The original Saraband was a dance of Asian origin introduced into Spain in the 16th century and later to the courts of France and Italy. The meter follows the dance with two stanzas in strict iambic tetrameter. The first stanza is 3 lines, and the second stanza is 4 lines. This poem features three complete Sarabands.
The rhyme scheme is: a(x)a bcbc d(x)d efef g(x)g hihi
The "x' in the rhyme scheme is a refraining rhyme in the second line of each Saraband.
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