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(n135)
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let loving, season daily bread,
may gentleness anoint my soul,
lo, kindness! overtake me!
that i relinquish mortal ways,
and be then bound to beauty's path,
now set all sails to Elven seas,
and take me to Elysium!
.
(c) Erik, 18 May 2015, 10:23 pm
....
i have lived as a warrior.
and protected my essence from mortal's curse.
surround me strong winds!
that i may reunite with myself

(c) Erik 2009
(n142)
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feed sparrows! water the rose bush!
save the running deer!
answer heavenly questions,
take part in the festival of blue,
love the thing that does not exist,
(i walk the singularity).
.
my soul, slain on a mountain top,
(did not **** the memories),
i ran with violent winds
do not dream of beauty,
brook was here; hanged himself,
i was there and lost belief in priests.
.
be loved by the loveless,
see valor within lavender halls?
the fallen are my comrades,
show me the right road,
i thirst.
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(c) Erik Minas-Gilkes, 2 Jan 2016 8:26am
When i lost her, I slew myself and placed me on a burning pyre of ice.
.
she is the woman!
born under a bright star
fights dark winds
brings golden to the golden ones
(her future is as the sun)
she is the woman!
.
she is the passion!
causes strong winds to shake towers
and sway the trees
she is the movement of leaves
('run with swift deer' is her name)
she is the passion!
.
she is the sharpened sword!
stinging the unjust
she is compassion
joy and makes joyful
(kneel!)
she is the sharpened sword!
.
she is the summation of the earth!
the blessing and the torment
the waters and the dry land
the valley and the mountain top
(daughter of nations)
she is the summation of earth!
.
so let us encourage her,
when songbirds swell her ears,
to look into a mirror and say,
"i am the best, and the worst"
"I am ALL",
"the most magnificent woman in the valley"
.
(c) Erik Minas-Gilkes, 22 March 2019, 12:11pm
Dedicated to a Duchess
Essence of the Personal Life
(n169)
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perfume is a love affair,
the change of senses
from earth to heaven
.
touch is a lover's road,
that stirs divine creation
from heaven to earth
.
song is an angel's prayer,
sounds of ethereal peace
heard from sea to sky
.
hands held, another voice,
language never spoken
(if only a duchess had understood)
.
the room of eternal flame,
lovers lost in a world they know
please do not rescue
.
look deep into the soul,
to find your own
passion's not enough
.
be beast, be angel,
be the other
know only that which is!
.
seek bless'd purity,
(if only a duchess had understood)
.
(c)  Erik Standswithtrees, 2017-11-08,  6:13am
Dedicated to Rowena
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i sing in the key of roses
and dance the sensual flame
speak the tongue of starlight !
(there is majesty in the night air)
.
tomorrow we'll sail on a well built raft
to the island named 'warm ice'
to bathe with sea life
and play atop white mountains
.
yesterday i styled a castle in the amazon
and strengthen it with python skins
our child will be prince of tall trees
and ride wings of the condor
.
i sing in the key of lovely
and dance the river's currents
speak the love of always !
(there is majesty in passion's union)
.
(c) erik standswithtrees 03 Aug 2018,  5:55 am
Dedicated to Rowena
You As I Enter Heaven?
(n131)
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when my thoughts travel to the void,
as i walk icy roads,
and dark angels approach,
i think of you and gray turns to bright light.
.
if i let my dreams take full form,
holding nothing for fear of sorrow,
letting hope seem present time,
i see you beside me in such a loving way.
.
when arrows appear as fine meal,
each moment i delight on tall cliffs,
i remember the beauty of you,
beside you, loving gently.
.
you kept me alive in my darkest hour,
and made me send others to unhappiness,
how long can i live in despair,
will you be in my thoughts as i enter heaven?
.
(c) Erik Standswithtrees 04 Mar 2015, 2:32 am
dedicated to Rowena

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