Kiss back.

Come board this ship
I am leaving this land of the living.
Join my expedition
we'll race to realms even light touches not.

Have courage, lose your minds
fly like Icarus.
Stars brighter than our Sun awaits us.
Burn in sweetness and be at peace.

Orion strikes fear in the hearts of sailors
yet we long for him.
In this quest for martyrdom
we will find freedom.

When your dreams materialize
and kisses you.
You kiss back.
Eternity can wait.

My muse II

Quick to flare
she's the rage in a vicious glare.
Every move so graceful that
a haloed after-image shadows them.

Garlands of dandelions
matches her golden irises.
Sun-child, fey-like, wild
her laughter carries like pollen in the Spring.

The curve of her shoulder
infinitely lovely.
The arch of her foot
the ground kisses tenderly.

To speak to her of life
is to drink golden absinthe.
A drop sears the lips
a gulp burns the heart.

I, you entrance with
dances that mimick fires
of a great burning tree
whose wisdom go up in ashes.

Decessus

She ran her fingers through my hair

caressing a cheek, tickling my nose.

It is high up here.

It is lonely up here.

Just me and the breeze.

Eyes closed yet the Sun beckons still

her warmth burns through, fluorescing. 

Such an alluring red.

In a moment, the pavement

too will be red.

I inhale their expectations

and exhale disappointments.

I inhale my fantasies

and exhale their realities.

This life is small, it is fleeting.

This jar is small, I'm suffocating.

Nothing echoes in my heart

for it is not empty

what's left of it holds no song.

No reason echoes in my mind

for it's left me.

Any such ties I have torn.

Though I stood still...

the skies my fancies flew in

the plains my ego rests in

my vague universe 

my refuge

my love;

She leapt into oblivion.

Spring Love

Playing dress up at Cook's Cottage, Melbourne.

Dear Serenity,

Though a raindrop comes from a storm
once fallen, it sits still on a window sill.
Such noblesse is present in you and me
                 it is human dignity.
Violent frothings from whence it came – The Sea
a droplet's woe is commonplace
                 With that, comes Humility.

When pondering nature,
one in reality ponders one's self.
Tranquility is not to be sought,
one need only embrace it.

Let your senses roam
let your horizons expand
let stillness drown your extremities
                 Flow.
This quiet familiarity from within
when nary a whisper disturbs you
                – lovingly serene.

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I like how Rilke describes the 'vastness' of Solitude. I find it soothing.

New York only a bus-ride-away

I hold you in such esteem that in the few dreams that I've had had of you coming home, I greet you with a smile and kiss your hand.

Ensnare

I refuse to put this feeling into a poem because I will then have failed yet again to save myself from this crippling, crippling, crippling-

Enough.

I divulge this though:
                                             Time and again with Sun-like gravity you ensnare me.

I can afford this one single sentence.

Spring break

(despite the lousy weather) was like sunshine in winter, a gentle morning breeze, caramel popcorn at the movies, a lazy saturday morning, a hug from your kid brother.

All things nice that leave you smiling with fond feelings.