The Journey

Wind in my hair
sand in my toes
ever onward
as my road goes
traveling lightly
a step and a song
ever forward
my way strives on

Birds and Bees

What fragrant flower the garden brings
What honeyed lyric the songbird sings
How candidly the ivy grows
How carelessly the river flows
What sweet fruit the orchard bears
What brave feats the suitor dares
How splendidly the maiden dresses
How lovely her cascading tresses
What deepening thirst in the garden lingers
between hungering eyes and seeking fingers

Frenzy

your hand at my throat
your lips to my lips
the way you inhale me
your rough fingertips

bound wrists and ankles
the sting of your palm
the shivers of pleasure
the enveloping calm

your teeth in my neck
your hands in my hair
your nails down my back
my single-word prayer

your deepening ingress
your eruption within
your spent weight upon me
your skin to my skin

Terminal Proof

Sweet incense of your breath that clouds my mind

Altered states of consciousness from the fumes of your skin

The poison from your lips would put me under

just a taste, the room would start to spin  

The bright bouquet of your words is heady and strong

Drunk with you, my reason is unsound

Chasing highs and reaching for the bottle

just one more taste, before I find I’ve drowned

Pyroclasia

In one moment

in one word

I lit one thought on fire

The flame was heaven’s incense

You were its deepest blue

In my head

within that thought

there rose a smoky spire

The ashes sifted worlds apart

the core of which was you

I could tell you I need you

tell you I love you

but would you hear me?

If I don’t talk at all

don’t move at all

would that keep you near me?

If I dreamed within you

about you, around you

could you feel me then?

And if not in dreaming,

in or outside you,

oh, when?

In one moment

In one word

I lit one thought on fire

Soft Heart Gently

Handle this soft heart gently;

I am a stranger here

Repentant for love undeserved,

seduced by guilty fear

Hold this cold body closely

I am afraid of trust

and of feelings in you that I can’t reach

so I burn in silent lust