Mercury Rising

Photo ~ DianaMatisz

fat teardrops of silver rain
sacrificed and shattered 
on glass reflecting light
from spectral moon, waning

thunder rolls in tremors
along limbs entangled
in early morning déshabillé
echoes of rustling wakenings

cobweb gauze of river mist
undulates through open windows
teasing, stirring somnolent inertia
of lovers shedding night

passive bodies rouse
reconnoiter epicenter, connect
with dawn's first blush
mercury rising