Poetry Thursday : Part 2

I would like to thank Brian for offering his line to this weeks Poetry Thursday prompt, the one with all the rules II, his line under endless skies she wore white. This is what his line inspired from me.

Vapour maiden
To the tilting sway of ocean lullabies,
He stood aloft his creaking vessel.

Immersed in maritime harmonies,

And the rhythm of cresting waves;

Hushed, like a babe in tender arms.

He waited for her at the bow;

Patient like a returning soldier's lover.

His eyes scoured the heavens

And panned the entirety of a lavender horizon,

Until she revealed her form.

Light reflections

And atmospheric mood

Determine her appearance;

But today,

Under endless skies she wore white.

A mass of rumpled petticoats

Spill from under her skirts.

They billow with the memory of sweet promises;

Revealing themselves as silver threads

Embroidered into the hem.

A crown of sunbeams strain through soft tresses;

Cirrus wisps trailing behind her.

But with eyes cast down,

She appeared despondent,

For a vapour maiden's life is fleeting.

He gazed upon his illusive vision

Until her windswept fate overcame her,

Smearing her luminous features,

And swallowing her subtle radiance

And gentle form.

Her vanishing breaks the spell cast over him.

Their brief interlude is a window to Her world;

A world where the sea meets the sky at the horizon;

And should he choose to follow her,

A vapour maiden, who will lead him safely home.

© Strauss
11th April 2007