NUIT ROMANTIQUE

Velvet darkness embraces me,
My senses take in the night,
To breathe in its tranquility,
To bathe in pale moonlight.

What joy can too harsh day bring?
It blinds, steals the mystery,
Burns, cannot make my blood to sing,
Like soft, sweet caliginosity.

Can any fear this elegance,
This dance of light and shadow,
This dark, nocturnal romance,
Timorous souls cannot know?

Dare you to walk the night with me?
This silken veil uncover?
Or pray that dawn you never see…
Lost in this amorphous lover?