Song of Songs Haiku

Arise my fair one:

the lover’s invitation

to intimacy.

The beloved comes,

eager with youth’s desire,

leaping over hills.

Winter’s fear has passed

giving way to hope and life;

and with much singing.

The fruiting fig trees

join with the fragrant blossoms,

in love’s dance-song call.

Spring’s fecundity

of flowers and turtledoves;

Eros meets Yahweh.

Come away with me

and we shall be joined as one;

Arise my fair one.

© Ken Rookes 2015