The Stairway of Jade
S. Wheeler
The One
Alone and white.
Shadows but wander
In the lights that were;
Lights but linger
In the shadows to be.
The Moon
White and alone.
The stars have dissolved
To make a crystal night;
Fragrance floats
Unseen by flowers;
Echoes waft,
Half answered by darkness.
A shadow glides
On the stairway of jade –
It is a moonbeam?
Is it the One?
In the Abode of Solitary Shadow?