Scent of Citrus

Dreams pensive she is
lulled to sleep
smell of citrus touching
from inside out
real enough to taste
juice flowing

On a summer breeze she
walks among orange groves
heady from the scent

Warm air pulling her down
among green grasses
where soon eyes are
heavy with sleep

While in the real world of
pillows and quilts a
window opens to the
night air gently whispering
her name in response
to her calling

Her dreams follow releasing
her again breath heavy
with scent of citrus

© January 2012 Renee Espriu

Night Shadows

A globe of light filling the
night sky casting night
shadows on fallow fields
silhouetted trees standing
silent only gently swaying
as a slight breeze passes
by beneath the Harvest moon

© November 2011 Renee Espriu

Writer’s Repose

Thoughts flow like
vines grasping the
base of an abandoned
pedestal the ornateness
of which is covered
with only mossy lichens
on a bowl with contents
emptied and dust filled
no longer a bath for
tiny sparrows that have
taken flight their
chirping bird song now
a distant memory in
the wind that stirs the
breeze to send leaves
fluttering in the old
deserted graveyard
where long lost writers
have taken their repose

© November 2011 Renee Espriu