Lady, Waiting

Who will wake her
from her waiting?

Lady sleeping near the waters--
(Let peeping Pipers drone, voyeurs  *

Hush. She rests and dreams of dancing
Seven scented veils of longing:

Whose fiery breath but sun's could melt
the snow, soft crystals' leaden weight?

Jealous zephyr shakes with desire,
craving her streams of trickling tears;

Springs the earth awake and kisses
All her curves with leafy dresses;

Flowers covet ev'ry crevice,
From her ankles to her bodice;

Feathered ferns and mosses, pungent,
Wrap her feet in eager fragrance;

She yields, to slake a lover's thirst
Blueberries, toothsome, honeyed bursts;

Who can know which vulcan tremors
Count the steps of  her paramour?

* Pipers are a type of small airplane