My Heart, My Sanctuary

Edge of Dawn

Sliver of light on the low horizon,

Another day in a thousand days.

Eyes in darkness, clouded thoughts,

Only in dreams do I dream of you.

These sunlit lands forever unseen,

There you soar on golden wings.

Would you tarry at the edge of dawn?

Would I find you there before the dying light?

A malediction eternally binds us,

Hearts though entwined, to never meet.

I walk in the shadows of your waking dreams,

On your wings I lived through my darkest hour.

I'd sell this hapless soul a thousand times,

If only for a whisper or glimpse of you.

In the throes of first light or the edge of night,

You'll find me there, in a place beyond lifetimes.

☾*✲⋆.*✲⋆☾*✲⋆ ☾*✲⋆.*✲⋆☾

Submitted for Propitious Prompts for Poets, TheHappyWriters.
Edition #2: prompt #2 - Two lovers are kept apart due to a curse placed upon them. One of them falls asleep at night time, while the other lives life oppositely. The sleep spell happens against their will, and they do not awake until the other slumbers. Put yourself in the shoes of one of them and write a poem for Valentine's Day.