Eclipse

Two lovers, gazing across the sky
always waltzing with other partners.
One caught in someone else’s gravity-
her gentle song pulling
the tides of a stranger’s heart.
Her mate-
his golden smile
shines on all around him
while his eyes belong only to her.
Their dance spins them closer-
hands meet in the briefest kiss-
and then swirl away in sorrow
till the stars a line again.