tonight the moon wears your face & you sheltered me, two poems by Stephen Troyanovich

your face

for Elizabeth

Qu’un ciel bleu fumee ou la lune s’epongeait le front
Et l’enfant perdue qui marchait dans les etoiles.
--- Robert Desnos

you are here
in the moonlight
of my tumbling slumber.
your warmth flows
like a river
covering my drifting sleep
like a blanket of dream.
i need you---
melancholy and lost
like a child---
seeking forever
the harbor of your arms
to cradle me

for Elizabeth

Je te cherche par dela l’attente
Par dela moi-meme
Et je ne sais plus tant je t’aime
Lequel de nous deux est absent.
--- Paul Eluard

forever is your smile
a fragrance of dreamlight
like sheltering moonbeams
your eyes probe
my solitude
between absence
and desire…
entangled
in silence
our hands share
each other
touching with one mouth…
you are my warmth
between womb and memory
you are every tomorrow
of my heart