Slender, willowy, her gown billowing br around her, she waited, trembling. br White flowers spilled over her like br a wedding veil. The clouds were huge br hands in the sky that blotted out br the moon and the stars. br br She waited in deepest darkness. br She waited in endless blackness. br Invisible, he sprang from that darkness, br surrounding her, enveloping her, clasping br her. With urgent kisses, he claimed her. br br She swayed and sighed and moaned, br yet still he held her, refusing br to release her while her silken petals br slipped down unnoticed. Finally br he penetrated her, even to her innermost br being, he penetated her. At last he br released her. Softly he breathed, br 'I must go now.' Her slender trunk br yearned toward him. Her leafy arms br trailed after him. br br He murmured to her, 'As night forever br follows day, so I'll come to you. br I'll find you even in the blackest night. br Watch for me my dearest! br Wait for me, my love! ' br br So breathed her lover of the darkness. br So vowed her lover, the wind.