- Gunwale Shades In The Breeze Poem by Georgios Venetopoulos

The breeze evoked the fading light;
opaque the molecules of air
along the brae addressed the night
returning beasts and men to lair.

The faded song's transmitted strain,
defined on memories to last,
unable phase was to obtain
responses to its quest's recast.

Chrysanthemums that turned to shades,
perfumed the night on minds to nest,
she laughed! (His entity evades
to be the solitude's best guest) .

Bespoken vows abounded met,
inside the breeze, the sea's motif,
upon the maps, trips incomplete
became, a shoreline and a reef.

So solemn was their fête of e'er
- the passing breeze and yearly count
became a memory and fare
to rise upon a rocky mount.

The sea, like mistress, hence, embraced
his soul of nautilus that fled
inside the breeze while stars had graced
the gunwale cold that hurt and bled.

Her wraith induced his soul to free,
invited dancer to the fair,
eternal guest and cedar tree
while void in front absorbed his stare.