More than Once upon a Hillock

[ChristopherSea]

final version

Apollo rode the lesser azimuths
on a swifter pacing steed.
Artemis gazed through amber panes,

while we epitomized autumn,
ruby veiled maples
with jack-o’-lantern vistas.

As the scions of Demeter,
we negotiated leaf veins
in carotene stained coats.

Camouflaged in nuptial robes,
we communed like monks
in our turmeric vestments.

Our curry flavored mouths
exchanged lamb stew breaths.
We were like wings of one crow

or larval twins sharing a chrysalis,
imaginal discs of what could be.
No scattered flock of doubt,

as we derided raucus geese
that wing in requisite echelons,
retreating to clement latitudes.

I split pine for the hearth;
she gathered stygian blooms
for our Thanksgiving table.

The sun dialed the hour winter
and she was repossessed,
blushing pomegranate.

I entered darkling torpor
within her obsidian boot,
until we became vernal again.

Hes/bil/gre/tru/mil edit final version 4.2: Thanks for the help guys