Shades: a Sestina on love and loss

I sip the words from letters
Laid upon a chest, ebony
Under the still light of the moon
Overlooking a deep lake, sapphire
In color, reflects in your jewelry
Resting on your heart golden
Broken hearts are filled, golden
Filling the cracks of letters
Left behind in shattered jewelry
In aftermath of loss, ebony
In color, while tears fall, sapphire
Under the slivered moon
That cycles, like love, the moon
Returns to its full light, golden
The nighttime sun, sapphire
Light that illuminates the letters
Rest on your dress, ebony
On your heart, jewelry
That shines, and reflects, jewelry
That steals the soft light of the moon
Wishing for you in this room, ebony
Shadows that illuminate the gold
That fill the cracks of dreams, letters
That were once filled with love, sapphire