Siblings shriek.

Dogs skulk for a sightless moon.

Dishes piled high

Since the restaurant suddenly closed.

The escape...

Dracula driving.

Driven by a lust to quench

An unquenchable thirst;

Or perhaps, the night-terror of dawn.

The escape…

Severed stars

Give way to the half-light and

Fall faintly

Into the water to reappear on tips of waves.

The escape…

Despair disappears.

Near weightlessness approaches.

Aloft in the clouds

Our Spirits mingle with sun-born Angels.

The escape…

Pondering Paradise

We are totally transfixed;

Utterly euphoric.

We rarely acknowledge boats of distraction.

The escape…

Twice-seen twilight

Hinges on the edge of day.

Treed fish-flies stir as

Darkness' deliverance draws near.

The escape…

Stars shimmer

After a day of swimming.

Clouds of fish-flies

On the water; tantalizing, tasty, tidbits.

The escape…

Fish flying

From the darkened depths snatch the

Morsels in mid-air

And return, reluctantly, to breathe water.

The escape…

Fondly framed

Memories from our flight to freedom

Languidly linger on.

Our sights set on home, we reminisce about

The escape.