Ephemeral Emeralds

We walked under the shadows of trees

Under city lights in the cold breeze

A concrete mile of hesitation

My inferno lay in trepidation

I was only trying to see

If there was such a thing as “we”

I never knew that I could infect myself

With the potent wonder of the not-transpired

Just another one of those ailments

Collected at stops toward Neverland

I dreamed you into being in a matter of breaths

As I heard the rustling of leaves and a serene bird’s nest

As fireflies glow in the tall grass

Greenery has turned to blackness

I ponder all the lights extinguished

As these hopes and wants are now relinquished

We keep meeting like this

I have known you forever

Regardless of your face

Or the colour of your hair

To taste the fruits of your lair

To find my solace in there

I must transcend us

It only takes one candle

To illuminate twinkling gemstones

And warm Autumnal embraces 

To dry the dampness of bones

I hold out for the time

Not sure it will ever come

It can be a spark of any kind

My first embodied one

To have done all these things

I don’t expect to escape unscathed

As I walk into my wounds defiant

Meadows extend green and vibrant

Then I look up at the stars

And find they burn out too

I enter the spectacle

Knowing that I’ll go

Connection

I don’t curse your escape

All the forms you take

Mirages with names

I’m the one who needs to change

To shape a different fate

Careful is the man whose love is love itself

Who you are and how you are

And why are you the way you love

Ephemeral emeralds

To give and receive

As I shed my scales I am still

As my heart falls into place

Ephemeral Emeralds – A poem written by Ágoston Hajnal