Slipped Into The Night

And softly she slipped; gently

as the moist breath of the first kiss

into the night, soulful and deep

on wings of light drizzle

The trees in a cosmic subtle joy nodded

Bidding goodbye from the realm of earth

Holding her hands, nubile hands

She is once again a lass of sixteen

There she goes, gently towards the angels

Wrapped around in pearly light that she was

The smile on her face, a twinkle in her eyes

Love in heart, prayers on her lips for all

The imperturbable echo of the muezzin

Reverberating through the filtered glimmer

brought the angel’s as she came out

To take her bier on their shoulders

Looking through her curly eyelashes

Exuberant teenager again, she agreed

To the teary eyes, a promise of her loved ones

Till they breathe, she would live on, in them