they saw...

they saw confinement

i felt contentment

they saw withdrawal
i was within
they saw slavery
i became free
they saw what they saw
i stayed 
me

the one...

their hearts pumped the same pulse
their souls sang the same song

their feet danced to the same beat

they were
as
one

she stood...

she stood innocently before him
not done lightly nor on a whim

barring her temple of earthly flesh
nor done for him to be enmeshed

exposing wide the way to her soul
done for his doubting to console

but his heart could not see
blinded was he by life’s old debris

NEVERMORE...

i can no longer

gaze into the spiraling chasms of your eyes

nor tread my way into the spirit caves that are your face

i can no longer

travel the stone cold corridors of your heart

nor can i  saunter again the 
secluded passages of your soul

for once i enter

the deep cimmerian catacomb that is you

i am lost

lost

to

all

but

you

she, now, like him...

he was but a ghost now -

a spirit - without color without life -

a revenant returning now and then

to that misty chamber in her heart

to remind her that she, too,

had once been alive -

had once been

more than a mere apparition

without color without life

without love -

but that, with his absence,

she, now, like him,

was but a ghost...

the leaves of love...

your words to me
slip ever slowly
into my heart deep
like the leaves
gently shimmering off
their majestic trees
from above
piling 

crumbling 

defining
life’s new love

the dance of the gourds...

tease me with the fire

of your hard crimson gourds
 taunt my spirit with the song

of your long glistening flute
 tempt my soul with the dance

of your loving heart
then take me

home

fly me...

spread your wings
unfold and open wide
fly me o’er that great divide
to the place where angels sing

spread your wings
do not thy spirit hide
fly me where the gods reside
to the place where passion clings

spread your wings
let my soul with thee abide
fly me to that crimson tide
to the place where love’s supreme

her world...

her days are empty

without him

her nights no longer

have meaning

~ she sits ~

the collision...

their worlds collided
in space and time
-

the crimson tide...

she

looked

into

his

eyes

and

was

forever

lost

circling
spiraling

whorling

deeper
and

deeper

into

the 

crimson

tide

that

was

him

the thought of you...

and 

i am cast 

into
crimson ripples 

of 

scorching
abandon

the ice maiden...

shimmering

shining

seeking

finding

scratched

from

the 

frigid

crevasse

of 

love's
deepest 
cave

L'amore domina senza regole -

love

rules

without

rules

the tsunami...

your love

stormed upon me

like a raging tsunami

in the deepest darkness

ripping roaring running

unprepared was i

no defenses

no shelter from the storm
no safety

twisting tearing twirling

nothing

nothing to spare me

torrent engulfed

licking me under

swirling sucking swallowing

drowning

in its

wake

at

last

the garden...

once upon

a moonless night

into my garden

you did slip

softly

seeking

searching

petals open

at your sight

lacy edges

of my lips

waiting

wishing

wanting

more

oui...

    il est avec moi

echoes...

echoes

of

your

touch

seep

into

the

darkest

deepest

recesses

of 

my

being

the life of love...

would the stabbing wound of this dark dagger tear my breast any less than the acerbic tone of their whispers the cutting edge of their furtive glances their scathing vituperative railing toward you for your love of me - would my flesh pour forth less of my life were the tearing apart of skin truly at the hand of this sharpened steel than upon my saying goodbye to you - would my heart beat less once ripped apart with razor cuts than with the loss of you in my life - could i live knowing that your loving me my loving  you brought even a moment's  discord to  your own life - then, bring me death, let me leave you now and forever i beseech you, for i cannot bear a life without you any more than i can bear a life without my beating heart because you are my beating heart, my life - my love

the thought of you...

the thought of you
possesses and caresses my heart
how could it be that we had to part
leaving us both broken and blue

the thought of you
torments and tortures my soul
how could it be that time took its toll
making its way long overdue
 
the thought of you
teases and taunts to my core
how could it be we had to say no more
leaving forever shut love's sweet door

V - MY OWN WORDS ARE HIDING OF LATE - SO THESE ARE FOR YOU -