Autumn Nymph

Autumn Nymph  
 
autumn nymph  
whose camellia shoulders  
are bared to the midnight moon  
like the cream of Milky Way dreams  
naked as the stars of Cassiopeia  
in the October night sky  
 
hearth light twinkles  
in her unbidden tears  
for season’s colors faded  
into snowy quiet  
tawny lashes dusted in black powder  
to match the evening sky  
 
her black flag blouse  
covers her limbo navel  
where the magic  
of her holy blonde fleece  
finds refuge in the dark la mer  
of silent skirts  
that cascade across hips  
and fall in a pool at her ankles  
to hide her most sacred secrets