mysterious
As rainfall at night
Secretive
As a dark moon
Recondite
A raven
At twilight
Petals of darkness
Fall
one
by
one
And evening
Tarnishes
Your features
Eyes,
Mouth and hair
Obscured
Adumbrated
With gloom
Words
Opaque
And risque
Brushed
With luster
Of the moon
Lakes and bays
Of solitude
Surround
And remind me
You are darker
Than my moods
I've begun to learn
My heart
Was right—
You're black as hell,
And dark as night.