Submit your work, meet writers and drop the ads. Become a member
OpenWorldView Apr 2019
Your sinful mouth is my tomb,
intoxicating its sweet bloom,
for all my virtues are put to sleep.
I drink uncontrollably from its well
and sink freely into its depths,
gazing blissfully into hell.

My hot flesh glows in his breath,
I tremble, like a spring rosebush
kissed by warm May rain.
- I follow you into the wild land of sin
and pick fire lilies by the roads,
- even if I can’t find home again…
From my favorite German poet:
Else Lasker-Schüler (1869 - 1945)

Sinnenrausch

Dein sünd'ger Mund ist meine Totengruft,
betäubend ist sein süßer Atemduft,
Denn meine Tugenden entschliefen.
Ich trinke sinnberauscht aus seiner Quelle
und sinke willenlos in ihre Tiefen,
verklärten Blickes in die Hölle.

Mein heißer Leib erglüht in seinem Hauch,
er zittert, wie ein junger Rosenstrauch,
geküsst vom warmen Maienregen.
- Ich folge dir ins wilde Land der Sünde
und pflücke Feuerlilien auf den Wegen,
- wenn ich die Heimat auch nicht wiederfinde...

I found one translation https://muse.jhu.edu/chapter/1679708, but wanted to try it myself. Work in progress.
He was a man of many ideas
He brightened up even those in their darkest of times
By shining his whimsical offtimes and sometimes "outrageous ideas"
Now that he is gone, the "out" in the word describing his ideas
Now seem "in" and "new seas"
To try and sail partial paths of some of his intellectual "ideas"
To honor a "never ending" flame
By not allowing society's air blowing
To put my life's flame out.
In utter disbelief that he is now gone.
I know he is up above me and watching me.
"To see if I can make it?!" I shout
"That I can. For your honor, even more!"
I'll achieve my successes and let go of my crazy doubts.
"If you can make it this far, I shall go even further."
In your honor, my friend and spiritual brother, "to  victory and to the beyond"
"Thank you for entering my world...."
For one never sees another's true beauty until they pass.
Not this student.
All along, I have been the one who listened in class.
Dedicated to David Francis Schuler. 1974-2016. Blessings to you and your family.

— The End —