steps of Olympus -

I filled my heart with music of the moon thus pulled it close about me like a wrap my tympans gently trembled with a tune I held my breath of starlight and danced upon the dune a-scratching in the sand, a manic map I plunged into a pool of passions, pure to swim the depths in vigor and delight each wake of wonder, sensual and sure a dream to deftly drown in of damsel craves, demure amid the dark abyssal brine of night I bargained with a god upon the peaks to walk abreast the clouds, as if the sea and plumb for souls as deity so seeks yet all the nets pulled empty come barren, silence speaks not due an effort, worship or decree I stained a cloak of love with dim neglect but painted my remorse upon the skies so each new blushing morn would so reflect how beautiful the earth was through nature's grand affect to grace even the least beholden eyes … and leave each heart, as mine ... to heaven's guise. ~ 2nd Place ~ in the "Strand Select 10, Any Form, Any Theme" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor. ~ 10th Place ~ in the "My Heart Is Full" Poetry Contest, Cindi Rockwell, Judge & Sponsor.