Composition of an Intangible Refrain

Let not an hour of discontent

Corrupt love’s keen, ever-present

In season-shades beneath a tent

Of tenderness and grace

Let not the rudiment of lust

Consume this transient gasp of dust

To pine instead of meekly trust

Love’s intricate embrace

Let not the bitterness of wrath

Corrode fair blooms along a path

To taint the lingering aftermath

Of all that will remain

Subtle, the hour disappears

A vapor-kiss of faith and fears

Bending brief moments into years

Intangible refrain

Let not the grief of what is gone

Tarnish the mercy-gilded dawn

For Time does not refund its spawn

Of gossamer foray

Where we are shaping the requiem

From moment-mystery regime

A melody where soon will gleam

The echo of today

© Janet Martin

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