Mermaid

Mermaid




As the curtain of night withdraws

I await my subtle sea-maiden

You arrive each rosy-fingered dawn

Bearing the fruits of life and grace



Ceremoniously sharing the wisdom

Caught in the net of your travels

Immersed in the deep of consciousness

We swim thru turquoise waters



During my Odyssey across this great atlas

I have found none to be your equal

For you are the fairest amongst the sea nymphs

And the most favored Princess of Oceanus



We cannot incur the Titans wrath

For you remains in the great Kings aegis

Letting no one know of our sacrilege

We must keep our love a secret



My mortal touch upon your goddess strands

Carries the penalty of Hades abyss

But on the shores of Halcyons sands

We are on the far reaches of Their kingdoms





As I cradle you to the shore

Splashes rise from your playful fin

Caressing your back I lay you down

In a bouquet of Tulips, Hyacinths, and Jasmine



A long time I’ve loved your starlit glistening skin

And your salty blonde hair highlighted by the morning sun

A coy-full smile and innocent look

Reveals an eternal love



Enjoying the feast on our coverlet

We bask in Helios’ procession

Mapping our bodies beneath our fingertips

Your hair unwraps like garland



But there is a darkening horizon

Distantly reflecting the racing light

The King knows of our star-crossed love

And has gathered all of his might



We pass the raging tempest

Lost in each other’s arms

Begging for His Majesty’s forgiveness

You plead to spare my life



To that end the God agrees

And prorogues my capital sentence

A promise that can never be broken

Is all that pardons my life


As the grey-tumultuous sky subsides

The shadowy fish of night approach

The clouds recede to the horizon

While the soft melodic song of the Ocean grows



You are the daughter of the sea

And Tethys beckons your return

My strength could not keep you

And our hearts will always mourn



For I who hath won and lost all

Would not hold you against your will

The hour of our parting hath come

And my barren heart grows still



With a kiss borne in heaven

And an embrace that lasts a lifetime

I say goodbye and watch you swim

Into the closing dusk



I retire to my rock beside the sea

Awaiting in a harbor of empty silence

My boats moored infinitely

To the endless passing terminus

Fragment

Ohh how I've missed you
sweet love

How my hands remember yours
and the serenity we held...

How wonderfully silent
our embrace was

Or how you smelled of
fresh baked bread

Like a home long ago missed
your smile still fills me with warmth

My only remiss, my love
Is that I can not tell you in person

How your eyes twinkle in the night
With your Bodhisattva gaze

Our how your breath is held aloft
In the melody of the wind

Tell me cherished one,
Does your heart remember?

Our ancient Love?
Immortal? Omnipresent?

Neither distance nor time
can patina my memory...

Sunrise

Soft peach skin you are

naked simple and pure

as we laugh like children

enjoying the wonders of the Earth.

Your skin is soft

rounded like grapes

powdered

with sugar sand

against my chest

And your warmth fills the air

refreshing

like the Ocean night...

But the moon is caught within the

lines of your hair

and the stars have set

within the light of your eyes

While crunchy

velvet dunes

are the steeples

of our church

cradling the passion of our love

holding

the promise of tomorrow...

As we watch the moon give way

to the warm sunrise

On a holy salty morning...

Just as the sun peaked his head

above the waves

I knew then

that I loved you...

Haiku

Autumn leaves fall
They risk everything in their
Slow decent towards

Loves Abyss where
Memories are but shadows
Lingering in a soul

On winters doorstep
The warm image of you,
Those lips I've kissed...

Campaign MMVIII

.

Voices begin with;

vituperative

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that are

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Vacillating

towards

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and

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Were they virtually invalid?

Vexing?

  We- the people know

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and voracious

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vomitous

vile

villainy

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nor

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vehement

human-spirit

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Ancient Voices heard through a pen

may be drowned in a rally

a

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of vigorous

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But I decree

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Ohh,

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voluptuous

veraciousness

of voting

Voluntarism

I lay my faith at your alter...