• The Lilting Girl


    The girl is a lilting singer
    Who blunders through the day
    And billows through the night

    The boy diverged from the lilting girl’s path
    Ignoring the etiquette
    Of their intimate talks

    The girl misinterprets
    The boy’s foolish move
    Thinking it only a visit to another

    But she soon learns
    This spontaneous interaction
    Is with another lilting girl

    The blaze in her heart
    Settles to the smoldering dark

    Even though he will not return
    She will remain