My Edinburgh

 My Edinburgh 

 

She sleeps within my arms at night 

Silent as a picture 

Deeply etched within my mind

  

Her streets, cobbled as they wind 

Her skirts tossed north, south, east, and west 

Dancing parks and laughter 

Rippling motorways and rails 

Thousands stroll her pathways 

She edges over, holds me tight 

Her whispers sear my soul

 

She tells of her past and how  

She’s thought of me from old 

She tells me how she’ll draw me close, how 

She’ll drape my heart, elation 

I lean to kiss her fading face

And realize my ransom 

She, my Edinburgh, my temptress 

She my dream, my muse 

One day we’ll embrace and how 

But now she is aloof 

One day she will be my home 

 

For now, I am her hostage 

Soon I’ll dance within her soul 

My Edinburgh, my essence 

 

Jude Stringfellow    12/31/2020