#TankaTuesday #Ekphrastic #Poetry Challenge No. 318

The Expected One
1860
painting by Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (Museum: Bavarian State Painting Collections) wikidata.org

With flowers in my hand

I’m waiting for you

you’re the sunshine that brings colour to my life

my north, south, east and west

and my evergreen

Wake up in the morning

with you always there

in my mind you are here by my side and all

I can take anything

my inspiration

And when I sleep at night

you’re my moon and star

like a lullaby that takes me to dreamland

And I know after dawn

a new day will come*

(c) ladyleemanila 2023

*Double Ennead

For: https://wordcraftpoetry.com/2023/05/02/tankatuesday-ekphrastic-poetry-challenge-no-318/