Emerald leaves fondled by a gentle zephyr
Sway afore me tickling my imagination,
While billows braking over ancient rocks
Beat the rhythm to a symphony of reflection.
As I listen carefully lose my gaze into infinity
A horizon lit by … CONTINUE READING »
Someone told someone else I am unable
To face society without a drink in my hand.
They were arguing the genuineness
Of my sentiments of love for humanity due
To my struggle to engage in, small talk.
Unoffended albeit taken … CONTINUE READING »
Your gentle invitation was one imbued
With wit and wine I could not refuse,
On the road through the country in a flaming red car
From my home to Tuscany under a shining star
Two glasses a bottle of Ripasso … CONTINUE READING »
Three minutes is the time I will concede
Allow myself to indulge in fancies
Think of you build a fantasy, imagine
A sensual approach, a whim
A moment. Minute one,
You look at me lasciviously
Dilated pupils sapphire wells
Enticing … CONTINUE READING »
He simply can’t make
Ends meet a salary is not
Enough to feed a family pay the bills
Prays the landlord keeps his calm
A little patience in a bucket of goodwill.
He awakes at dawn
Each day to catch … CONTINUE READING »
Shapeshifter you enticed me, capable of sorcery
You conquered me, through surreal courtship
Shot my body with intoxicating doses of oxytocin,
Drew my memories blowing rings of smoke.
I retrace our story with scientific meticulousness
To grasp the event which … CONTINUE READING »
Lupercalia was the name of celebration
For the coming of spring, promises of blossom
Announced by whistling birds engaging
In mating games a season of fertility
Where senses of revelling humans reawaken
And merriments introduced a lottery binding
Men and … CONTINUE READING »
Seldom have I experienced
Reality eclipsing fantasies
Secret wishes heeded
Sensibility sensing the untold,
Our glances spoke, a language
Of pretence playing nonchalant
Venturing chancing touches
Igniting shivers I tried to retain,
Flames in my chest deepened
My inhales, two … CONTINUE READING »
Take me, pretend it is not
Our first time, I have made love
To you a thousand times before
In my mind my day dreams
And at nights, I am nervous
Fear nothing will equate
My imagination, your virility
It … CONTINUE READING »
He dresses his emotions in white
The colour of lies, told to self not to subdue
To an avalanche of unfamiliar happiness
Locking up truth in a dusty cabinet
Above the stove where coffee brews.
He smokes cigarettes to occupy … CONTINUE READING »
