FORGOTTEN RHYTHMS!!!

I had forgotten,

Forgotten what it was to love, until her smile shattered the walls I had built up around my heart...

Forgotten first the rhythm of my name,

Until the touch of her voice set form to my thoughts, her gift my sense of purpose, her regard a gift of life...

I had forgotten...

Forgotten what it was to sleep without fear, and wake without the numbness of despair beseeching me, Until she embraced me and led me by the hand into the sweet bosom of her heart....

Automation; walking as one dead,

I had forgotten the joy; the feel of sunshine caressing my skin as the wind delivers a cool kiss against my sweat-slicked skin,

Until she woke my body to life, with the enchanting blessing of her decadently rousing and sensuous caress…

But before that, breath was lost to me,

For I had forgotten how to breathe, until her lips stole my breath with the divine agony of a sweet enchanting kiss...

I had forgotten...

Forgotten so much

                -everything- 

Slowly fading, to lose myself within the brooding silence of the dark,

I had forgotten even the form of self,

Spirit unraveling in a fetid wind of misery until her embrace enfolded me as a womb,

Reversing the dissolution of my soul, as it hardened the essence of my heart…

Lost in a labyrinth of darkness,

I had forgotten the luminous nature of light,

Until she graced me with the gift of her beauty,

And blessed me with the lucent radiance of her remarkable smile…

But first she reminded me...

Reminded me how to smile, for even that I had forgotten; by stroking the harp strings of my soul,

She tickled the laughter from my heart, and so my soul flowered in her glory, precious jewel blossoming in her light…

Cast adrift; wayward footsteps fumbling on a broken and pitted road leading nowhere,

I had forgotten what it was to love,

Until she gave me the gift of her spirit,

Serenading me with the song of her soul,

A goddess descending from heaven in answer to the unvoiced plea of my heart…

Like a cast stone, causing a circular wave of motion in the still heart of a pond,

She breathed into me the power of her will,

Awakening feelings of forgotten pleasures, like a warm breeze gently rippling upon my skin…

To relish the seductive temptation of her touch, the rich bouquet of her beauty,

For I had forgotten how it was to feel,

Until the stroke of her desire awoke the song lying buried within my heart,

To blossom like a flower within the bright light of her radiant soul…

I had forgotten the steal bite of pain, although the memory of it yet remain,

Forgotten agony, though not the bitter tears it brings,

Forgotten loss, but not how it tears and scores the heart…

I had forgotten how to speak,

For what use of speech when one is trapped in a dark realm of loneliness,

Forgotten all, until…

The blessing of her spirit injected a ray of luminescence into the darkened tomb of my soul…

Devoid of reason, of feeling of life, I had forgotten even my name,

Until she gifted it to me on the whispered breath of her passion,

A cherished gift, for with the return of my name, she’s given me reason,

Returned memories to the home of the mind,

A building heat like the swelling pressure in the heart of a volcano,

A burning weight, the strength of which keeps me grounded in the liquid furnace of her regard,

The sound of her bright laughter is like thunder ringing in my heart,

A blaze of glory; a living light of effervescent grace pulling at the weft of my heart,

Stretching my thoughts within the crucible of her eloquent elegance and the sanctity of her radiant soul...

Possessed of an allure which fires the blood and a beauty which makes a sin of purity,

A shimmering body of loveliness, breathtaking in the scope of her exquisiteness,

The sweep of her graceful curves a fire set upon the kindling of my desire,

Transparent innocence of purpose carried against the minds blinded intent,

The birth of passion given license to immerse myself within the body of truth which verily informs her heart with the rhythm of my love,

A love born from the seed of her touch…

Informs her soul of my need, her spirit of my yearnings,

Informs the bruised petal of her flesh with the ache of my awakened hunger,

A revelation implicit; the value held in the curtained whisper of her name which like her laughter is like thunder ringing in my heart...

Where the mercy of her touch devours me...

Shatters me; a force to rive mountains splitting the very firmament of the night,

Stirring the passion which beats within the heart to take wing and fly,

To burst from the breast; a soul taking flight upon the spirited wings of love,

Soaring like a kiss to whet the appetite,

To drink of her lips; a consuming fire of need,

An aching touch of deliverance visited upon the devout, affections tendered to the promise which lies like a translucent jewel in the warmth of her heart... 

For whichever way I look, whichever way I turn, I am lost to her love,

For in her glory lies the companion of my dreams,

An eddy of mist sucked inwards through the weave and weft of the soul to lodge firmly in the open wound of my heart,

The heat of it

  -thoughts touched by the enchanted glamour of her splendor-

Spreading through my blood,

Vagrant wisps a dance of possibilities amidst the turbulent music of the heart,

Closed in tight upon myself like a desert flower against the heat of the day,

I reach towards the cool touch of her spirit,

The light of love which brightens her eyes,

The haven of her embrace found in the silken caress of her bright laughter,

Memories returned like shadows tracking through my mind…

Yes, I had forgotten...

Forgotten so much…

Until the magic of her touch...

Awakened me to life...

Richard 'Poetikz' Burton
01/14/2011

HEART OF MY LOVE!!!

(Dedicated to my dear friend Amanda “acushla” Lima)

LISTEN to the silence of the night,

let it sooth you; sibilant whisper of its secrets breathed upon the sigh of the wind,

feel the billow as it fills the sails of a ship built of light...

built of emotions running high to traverse an ocean of darkness,

to sail through this storm of intent and brave the becalmed promises left to echo in the void of my soul,

cast adrift to drown in uncertainty,

yet kept afloat by a glimmer which is hope...

whisper of the wind funnelled into the earthly manifestation of faith...

Faith; a fount of mystery that cannot be seen,

cannot be touched,

but that surely must exist,

like love -defined emotion of consummate power,

remaining hidden until the heart is given sight with which to embrace it,

for even through the pain it of’times brings,

love like knowledge is better for touching,

better for feeling,

better for knowing, than living in ignorance...

So allow me to puzzle through the lock which is your heart,

piece by piece take it apart to find the secrets stored within

-the hot searing heat of your love-

- the slow caressing embrace of your touch-

- the sensual rhythms of your dreams-

dreams which sparks a keening note of hunger throughout my heart...

Let me be the key which opens your heart,

the intent which invest your soul in a burst of savoury colours,

a kaleidoscope of tastes spinning along the weft of your spirit,

senses billowing,

snapped taut by the howling wind of my fervour,

a rising gale of kindled passions,

for you are my joy and my serenity,

joy of the day; a golden ray of sunlight caught within my heart,

serenity of the night; grace of argent moonbeams like cast enchantments,

blossoming within my soul...

THE vibrant lustre of your beauty is lit from within,

lit by an effervescence of joy which tracks it's way like a winding river,

to find a home at rest within my heart,

that vibrancy; ardent flare of stately grace… evocative simplicity,

an eloquent touch which caresses my soul,

it calls to me,

sings an hypnotic chord of radiance, roosting like a dove within my heart...

Your regard is as a robe of soft sensuality,

embracing me in the silken caress of your elegant grace,

for it is within you to temper the steel rod of my love,

within the beating treasure which is your heart,

for there is a power in your touch,

a power akin to the golden bright wonder of the sun, that reaches beyond the dictates of the flesh,

reaches beyond the hungry kisses and the sweat-slicked cries of passion,

reaches beyond spirited desire and the heart pounding fragrance of sweet arousal...

It reaches beyond the known and opens like a revelation-

a blossoming rose of adulation- at the center of the stream of time,

that there is great contentment to be found in love,

and joy in the sharing...

in gifting your heart to another...

A certain magic there is in this miracle called love,

a miracle that refreshes,

makes the world brighter,

sharpens the mind and breathes life into the spirit of the soul...

YOUR love is a vessel of purity,

it embraces with the sonorous effervescence of euphonious sound,

it is a song of warmth embracing my heart,

a sense of imminence quickening my soul as you look into the liquid depths of my warm brown eyes,

lost in the power;

lost within the cadent flow of your searing solicitude,

heart filled with happiness at the patent joy evinced in the shining laughter of your beauty,

the eloquence of her smile

-radiant glory-

as it burns a path of pleasure to my heart...

I am uplifted,

a feeling of wonder embracing my heart,

lifted by the luminous grace of your touch,

I feel the blossoming flower of truth opening its rosy petals within my soul,

feel the spirit of light; a twisting rainbow corona stretching forth in perpetuity between you and me,

feel the burgeoning growth of warmth spreading its roots throughout my body,

spiritual ardour wedded to the seductive intimacies of the flesh,

it lies rooted in the fertile soil of my soul,

flowering to life within the sensual bower of my heart,

bearing the ripe sweet fruit of our love,

from two into one indivisible, soul-touched heart to heart...

LOVE is like a glimmer of hope; a light-

offered to alleviate the darkened threshold of the night,

it stirs the heart with a promise,

a miraculous weaving of grace and desire,

of passion and wonder,

the appeal of a sensual beauty dancing in the wind of my fervour...

A beauty that glows,

rapturous eyes which beckons; an enchanted portal,

overflowing with the luminesce of your spirit,

a sorceress with threads of glamour trailing from your soul,

ropes of enchantment driven by the will of her heart,

a summoning to draw me into the warmth of her embrace,

and I,

as a river flowing like liquid gold before the breath of your passion,

the scale of your belief carrying the breadth,

the scope of my faith,

to pull me from this waking darkness to walk with you within a dream of spun light,

where the stars are a shining glory,

ringing us within the celestial song of a night pregnant with hope,

carried on the sweet taste of your love...

THOUGHTS of you cause smiles to spring eternal upon my lips, laughter...

a rain of sunshine pouring its incandescent light into my soul,

like a slit; a break in this wall of darkness called the night,

to let slip through the rising ardour of my desire,

my dreams a constant,

rich with the golden spirit of your beauty,

your lips holding the soft seductive blush of a flowering rose,

your smile, a voluptuous touch of wonder caressing my soul-

with the exalting kiss of your affections,

You are as lovely as the glistening jewels which grace the tenuous fabric of the night sky,

the stars a fitting counterpoint to the breathtaking enticement of your elegance and charm...

the fantasy of my heart; a dream touched of a beauty which smoulders,

kindled by the radiant glow… the exquisite glamour of your pulchritude,

rising like a silken chorus of ravishing temptation,

to assail the walls I've built up about my heart,

glowing with a sensuous light,

provocative...

the fires of your allure,

the gentle warmth of your regard flickering iridescently,

tiny motes of stars birthed from the captivating nexus of your eyes...

My inamorata,

suffused with the blazing fire of my amore,

glowing with a refined taste sweet upon the tongue of my passions,

you charm me with evocative silences,

… as the whispered flow of your voice enchants,

soothes with the peace held in your soul,

… as you fire the tumescent rise of my desire,

lush with the sybaritic appetites of the earth,

you spin moonlight of seduction upon the fervid heart of my spirit,

you pull me into the pulsing womb of your soul,

smooth as the velvet lining of a glove,

sweet the ecstatic rapture of your embrace,

succulent the touch of your essence…

as our lips lock in an ardent kiss...

My love,

remember that as long as I am,

so too are you,

for as my heart beats,

know that it beats for you,

the weft of my soul sewn upon the loom of your heart!!!

Richard 'Poetikz' Burton

12/12/12