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by Eddie Edwards Draper
We discovered a distant star one fair and furlough night Amidst a plasm of the realm a nebula's delight--- All beside us heart's a vast New moon rising no overcast--- Honey dripping from our breath passion on the lam A cavalcade of romance beneath the astral ram--- Othello spoke I swore I heard Thrice voices from afar-- An echo of a semblance Too far yet near our star--- Oh universe- our only eyes-- Our whispered love could hear The daunting twinkle from afar we fell in love yon distant star--- |
UPON THE CANDLED NIGHT
open eyed - undazed - Two night's journey carriage takes us far - we cuddle near--- Remember when the wick had died upon the candled night We swath in robes moon barely seen upon the candled night--- And I can only swear my love- As closeness holds us tight--- The cloister can't condemn our love upon the candled night--- |
Eddie Draper is a native of the Mississippi Delta. He now lives and works in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is a songwriter and musician.