#elmos
Let it go
Release your hold
Lie back at sea
And be
Turn your eyes
Up to the sky
Into the fire
Stare back, daringly
Cover not
Your wavering life
Of the underneath
Be free
For all is heaven
All is earth
And all around
Is all to see
Open your hands
To grasp no more
Open your mind
To stars ablaze
Let night consume
Your morning plans
Let waters wash
All fear away
Let first your thought
Be not of me
Not of yourself
But all of these
For all is heaven
And all is earth
And all around
Is all to see
Dec 5, 2018
Dec 5, 2018 at 11:29 AM UTC
*What fire is this?
Within your eyes
Like a ball of light
Gently caressing the ominous skies
Are you an omen to match my sign?
Or mere bones to cast in an empty cask?
I only ask because so many heads
Have turned away from this overcast
Just because of your fire
That hopeful passion
Which pulls each sailor slowly on
To survive another night until the dawn
To wonder if this your purposful fire
Is meant to bring us back
To the very thing which we ought to desire
Away from the devouring grave of the sea
To a house made of stone on the inland maybe?
Where are bodies would find the true solace of earth
And just might be at peace far away from the sea
Perhaps Saint Elmo
That is exactly where you wish us to be?*
Mar 8, 2017
Mar 8, 2017 at 10:31 PM UTC
You are a hard ghost to pin down
my will-o'-the-wisp
If I approach you . . .
you recede
If I back up . . .
you approach
But you never let me touch you
My marsh lover
A light unto my heart
Burns where I cannot touch
Cold flames of blue leave me
No traces of heat upon my lips
My heart shivers from lack of loves inferno
The strength of my skin
Cannot be measured
The merit of my bones
Cannot be weighed
Nor will my love be finite
Caged or displayed
My lips seek soft wet kisses
That reign down on my soul
Mar 16, 2015
Mar 16, 2015 at 10:04 PM UTC