Monthly Archives: May 2018

Woken by Absence

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

When drunk with wine, upon soft pillows of golden thread, I, in darkness, slept, whilst sultans’ dreams filled my head, I am woken by Your absence, that of a restless lover in my bed. So, we lie awake, You and … Continue reading →

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This Sobhet Came and Went

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

And some time came and went in a Tavern that never closes As we donned our cloaks and left, ‘twas another tranquil sunset among the many millions issued, another expression of white light  in as many radiant hues. We have … Continue reading →

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“Beauty Seeks a Mirror”

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

I was dazed by the colors of dusk, astounded by its clarity, immediately inebriated by light, spellbound by saturated hues, clouds aflame in saffron, tiger and tangerine, brushes of amaranth, lost in Egyptian blue. Others stopped to stare at the … Continue reading →

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Everything Became You

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

My heart is a winding painted canyon carved by my Beloved. I followed her echo out to the ocean And below Her surface I dove. I emptied myself into Her depths, beneath the currents of unspoken worlds and breathless I … Continue reading →

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A Rose in Life’s Grotto

Posted on May 4, 2018 by skipavm@gmail.com

Loving with an empty heart, we hear Her exhale, grotto’s dark, wrapping breath around the rose, in bending light, our spirits arc. A cavern entrance framed in thorns for spacious shelter from the storm, where some upon the threshold waver … Continue reading →

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