The Beautiful Guest

She came through the doorway
at the dawning of our lives,
she brought lavish gifts, 
unfettered love, and exorbitant
sunshine, we grew together as
an entangled vine, smothering 
each other with cuddled frivol and 
fuddled covetise, we withdrew from 
conventional passion and restrained
ourselves from the posturing of
any dotage in public view, yet
when the lights went out on
Sunset Drive the messianic moon
lit up every fervid desire, complete
teratism, mornings often came too soon,
and Springtime soon dropped her innocence,
and the disenchantment of Fall untrussed 
her gown whilst Winter unencumbered, lowered her
cold howl; the rolling wave turned quietly into
one silent lullaby, the humstrum of change
flung her rustling dominium, and the fever
was quelled, and the tempest
conquered another rook. 

- John Hardesty