Royal Tales

Sonnet for the Morning

I see in Georgia the earth is asleep.
With silk spider strings the cool of night
hangs the early morning mist in light;
silence calming all things that crawl and creep.
The muddy milk of the dawn paints pastel
shapes in kind hues on a peach tree grove,
and dew drops drip from the leaves. A belle
view from the simply warm southern alcove
window under which I rest. Smells of honey-
suckle drift in on winsome unseen drafts.
I motion to taste the fragrance blindly,
but awaken and smile-sigh to a laugh.
No I've never been, only dreamt this place:
eyes closed, between breaths -- inches from her face.