Scorpio’s southern sky
is cast in mystic bronze
Perfume perfected wishing well,
Constellation Neon

Turquoise-scented petals
dust the surface of Antares,
Washed aglow with languid afterthoughts,
infinity’s bouquets

Gold-dredged angel spirits
suspended in translucent starships
spread the ripening sun
across your grasping fingertips

Vivid candle-spheres
seek the scriptured pilgrim poet
Unlocking Saturday’s secret fantasies;
the writer’s day-dream opiate

Pending prayers are fragrant incense,
afternoon’s seeping pledge
Snow-bound silence finally interrupted
by teardrop’s liquid edge

Eternal Providence bestows
Valhalla’s comet on Life’s busy pathway
Destiny’s multifaceted diamond
tracing reality’s hidden highway