Occasionally
A phrase holds on
It rises and rides through the seasons
Filed away, it fills, instills, chills, simmers
Echoes of a slight suggestion
Build in the background of a quiet mind
Until the chaos writhes
And breaks through the winsome din
It was but one simple phrase
Several years left behind
A lone sliver of paper
The words still on my mind
Slow-moving streams
Light’s fulfilling thought
Nothing’s as it seems
In chocolate-flowing dreams
Rich, vibrant, savory
Dark, warm, alive
Open to the place
Where only love survives
Brave a taste of life
Leap into the nook
Let blandness disappear
Where glory’s not forsook
Be present in your place
Devour the waiting feast
Let passion rule your mind
Unleash the haunting beast
No longer can you wait
Dessert invites your fate
Nothing’s as it seems
In chocolate-flowing dreams
What is life devoid of flavor?
Who can exist on water, air, bread, alone?
The dark elixir beckons.
The darkest truths await.
Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Wonka’s tumble in the sun
Your just desserts don’t have to wait
Hurry, finish what’s on your plate…
The mind awakens in the taste
The fire burns the ready soul
Clear the thoughts and please the tongue
Travel to the place that’s whole
Dancing, writhing, moaning, full
Savor passion’s waiting thrust
Taste the tastes that fill your mouth
Deserving to the pure and just
Dismiss the thought that life’s been lived
That all that can be tasted has
Open heart, mind, mouth, and soul
And redefine belief of whole
Feel beyond what’s yet been felt
Taste the darkness, feel the heat
Ecstasy still lies beyond
The thought that life is known and neat
Unleash the you that’s waiting still
Close your eyes
Feel
Dream
Taste
Be
Slow-moving streams
Life’s fulfilling thought
Nothing’s as it seems
In chocolate-flowing dreams
Written for a reading tonight, Night of Literary Prose, Poetry and Songs – Beseme, Lewes, Delaware.
She moves as the wind
Chilling me to the bone
As she touches my mind
Flows through my flesh
She is the summation
And the intersection
Of all that is divinely
And gloriously, woman
With a glance, I am shaken
With a touch, surely taken
To the center of her heart
To the warmth of her soul
She moves as the wind
And, I, as the tree, dance
In the beauteous mystery
That, in her, is woman
I want you to know…
You have stolen my heart
I melt in your presence
I am enlivened in your smile
You move my soul to sing
I want you to know…
You are my constant moment
You are the beating heart of time
I am both lost and found in your mystery
You are Time’s striving beat
I want you to know…
My mind dances in great delight
In the presence of your image
Your beauty floods my soul
With feelings of needing desire
I want you to know…
Life finds its way
On the pathways of our love
With you in my life
I have need of nothing else
I want you to know…
My love for you is grand
My love for you is pure elegance
This gift of our great and true love
Is straight from the Hand of Providence
I want you to know…
I am nourished in your great kindness
Bliss is home in our dwelling place
Our love is forever and forever real
I am grateful for your gentle hand
