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now ... dance for me … eyes of polished onyx pierce me like the keen edge of a scalpel, deftly wielded ... the blood of my black heart flowing in and around you, warm and welcomed to your wings and wants ... the aspiration of our spirits - charged air between us as still as ruin, while the world spins outward, ever a cacophony of color ... calm coalescence in a realm of chaos, airborne and harmonious, transcendent, if only ephemeral - if only once ... I am your vessel, awaiting, I am your barre, to stretch and strain upon … I am the adoration in your hush, and the dark feathers of your plume ... I am rapt in awe by such immaculate and lithe form, destroyed wholly by the feral, flawless grace of your movements ... I am devoured by the ferocity and exquisite finish of your line and flow 'en fouette' ... it is the anger and complete abandon in your expression that at once terrifies me and slays my sullen spirit - that brings all that is demoness to your passion, and all that is angelic to your erotic ire ... spellbound by the sway, I plummet into your soft shadow, and let your ebon wings surround my delirium ... an aphotic interplay of souls, a forbidden allurement of fierce, fluid figures, a carnal and concupiscent 'pas-de-deux' of fury - dance for me ... now. ~ 2nd Place ~ in the "Contest Number 360" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor. ~ 2nd Place ~ in the "Obsession" Poetry Contest, Silent One, Judge & Sponsor.

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Bartholomew Williams

Date: 11/11/2017 9:57:00 PM

Greg, congratulations on your win with this beauty!! I love your powerful imagery and compelling hold on the reader. Very nicely done! :) Bartholomew P.S. I soup-mailed you, when you have a few minutes. Thanks.

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/12/2017 12:22:00 AM

Thanks so much, Bartholomew, I so greatly appreciate your kind comments! I will check my Soup Mail and get back to you soon. Thanks again! :-)

Sandra Haight

Date: 11/11/2017 8:31:00 PM

A wonderful poem so full of imagery, drama, and emotion. Congrats on your fine podium win, Gregory. Sandra

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/11/2017 8:41:00 PM

Many kind thanks to you, Sandra - I greatly appreciate it, my friend! :-) <3

Janice Canerdy

Date: 11/11/2017 11:24:00 AM

Congrats on your win with this dramatically emotional piece, Greg! Janice

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/11/2017 8:40:00 PM

Thank you very much, Janice, I greatly appreciate the kind words! :-) <3

Line Gauthier

Date: 11/11/2017 10:40:00 AM

Deliriously sensuous, absolutely divine poem. Too beautiful to not give a fave!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/11/2017 8:40:00 PM

That's very kind of you, Line, thank you SO very much! Blessings! :-) <3

Gary Smith

Date: 11/11/2017 4:30:00 AM

Great write Greg, congrats :)

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 11/11/2017 8:38:00 PM

Thank you, Gary! :-)

Silent One

Date: 7/27/2017 6:24:00 AM

A great choice for an obsession, a well written poem for the contest.. Congratulations on your placement in he contest..

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 7/27/2017 8:58:00 PM

Thank you so very much, SO, I am honored for the placement, and thank you kindly for the comments ... this one is special to me, and writing in the "shadows" of the slightly dark, is my favorite genre! Blessings and thanks! :-)

John Hamilton

Date: 7/5/2017 9:51:00 AM

Wow missed this one somehow, Greg this is exquisite, your choice of words, a little french adds to the elegance of this write!

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 7/5/2017 9:58:00 PM

Thank you so much, John - this one is very special.

Maureen Mcgreavy

Date: 6/17/2017 9:45:00 PM

Breathtaking piece! Beautiful dedication too :) xomo

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 6/30/2017 5:01:00 PM

Thank you so much, Maureen ... this one is very special to me, I'm so glad you liked it! <3

Darren White

Date: 6/11/2017 6:08:00 AM

Thank you for the dedication my friend, I am humbled! And love you too, brother <3 :)

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 6/13/2017 4:34:00 AM

I am blessed to know you, DW ...

Darren White

Date: 6/9/2017 6:07:00 AM

Love this poem, and all the enjambments that give it that extra sense of movement. En fouette indeed! Pas de deux :) Ouch, you make me see you two dance together. (Dance, my friend Michael would say, is a metaphor for sex, and right he is.)

Gregory Richard Barden
Date: 6/11/2017 5:58:00 AM

Indeed, he is! And the best kind of sex! Thank you for the kind comment, my friend. :-)