Shadow Kisses, Shadow Love: A Brief Essay Late at Night

1.

The title is Heine’s: schatten kusse, schatten liebe…

2.

Each of us leans from the shadows of mind into the instant.

3.

I believe it is time to love you.

4.

Stars in the autumn night are indifferent. The crickets last songs are tragic. I write in the margins: “as always” and feel literary.   

5.

Too bad its no conceit when I say everything is a waking dream.

 

 

S.K.