Black cinder carpet
Laid across fiery coalfields
Skirting infernos
I made you a god
The planets align
I’d break my own bones just to build you a shrine
I’d pray at your temple
I’d give up the devil
Send him straight back to hell just to get on your level
I’d live on your altar
And rip out my soul
I’d walk through infernos and bleed on the coals
I’d walk out of heaven
The angels can cry
I’d give up forever just to be by your side
A treaty for two
A careless devotion
I’d drown just to touch the bottom of your ocean
I’d worship your body
I’d swallow your sins
And kiss every square inch that no lips have been
My face in your neck
I’d arch to your touch
I’d pull you in deeper and surrender so much
I made you a god
So take me away
You’re a holy addiction I’d die for everyday…
We traverse life seeking coloured feathers
desire silk gowns like fools dancing around
sand grains become ashes spoiling heather
stand we sapped witnesses to contexts found
Halfway we perceive abundant date palms
recall that we are here to live as whole
Almighty requesting kindness and alms
pass infernos with ignorant blind moles
Banish states of limbo lust and deceit
masses of souls circling as if in traps
immoderate are actions though seem neat
wade not in oblivion, find due maps
piano frequencies in harmonies
you will perceive, rejoicing amid ease
Twilight haze sears like veld fire in my veins that keep you alive,
Each look from you unleashes a hurricane inside my heart,
I Savor your voice,it hauls me in to its rip-roaring wickedness--
I stay here
Your Oshun styled gate carries you past the candlelight,
A fairy in the street in The Mother City,
Fingers like infernos,they touch nothing,still I am shaken-
Heart clings to memories.
I glide after the glimmer of your smile into twilight,
Anxiety in my chest,I shiver with desire for you,
Dreams shatter around me,yet I remain charmed,restless-
I can't free myself.
Victoria,blazing like sunrise on raging summertime,
Days cannot time the flame that swells at you leaving,
Each fleeting gaze keeps my heart fiery,scorched with passion-
I refuse to yield,
Endless midnights,-your bouquet lingers,
I keep the room dim,the night repeats your whisper,
My soul studies absence,a quiet defiance-
I remain here.
Chess calms my e;I uncork a hellish move in hellish and checkmate my anguish,
Sojourns in Milky Town and Pirara soothes my heartache
Baldwin and jazz saves me,Kippie's horn,Spokes's flute-
Humane Ubuntu is me.
infernos raging
thunder splits smoldering skies ~
monsoons spill forthwith
tarnished m e m e n to s
become tumbleweeds
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in infernos
b l a z e
It is the happiest of times
It is the saddest too
It all depends on your chimes
If they’re sunny or blue
Tying oneself to all that’s external
may lead to a life of reversals
While banking only on internals
can lead to simmering infernos
A poet’s not a psychologist, and yet
I believe this to be a safe bet
Smile at the world, it’ll smile back at you
Be patient and kind, others will too
Unkept promises are like brutal blows,
ruthless ripping words are the harsh slashes,
they strike unaware where latent hope grows,
and cleave through ruptured heart as it crashes.
The mind becomes raging fire of the wild,
uncontrolled, it simmers the blood of pride,
flares to burn the gentle patience defiled.
Undowsed, it singes sane senses defied.
The smoke billows up opaque and intense,
conscience trips losing its stability.
Vile breath is clouded by the ashes dense,
face of restraint they deface instantly.
Mind then turns to volcanic infernos,
with dancing lava of anger scorn flows.
There's a solar wind that's contained; in the night of space
Shadows find nowhere to show; the inner light of space
Impossible to touch, it leaves us; without a trace
Frozen rings of breathing streams blasting the bright of space
No room for contrite just beguiling hearts in this place
Wall-less holding back no ones screams; in the g'night of space
All around, will be found that heartbeats heard, do keep pace
These stars are but infernos; within the blight of space
A. Scorpio, target of archers bow sites' embrace
Water that steams itself, of all desired sight of space
One with the Universe, Drifting Quickly and Swiftly
Trodding a Steed of Triumph, I Dazzle in Nobility
Starry Eyed, I Blaze in Infernos of Gold
Golden Fleece Forged, I'm a Heroic Soul
A Golden Ballad for the Seven Seas
Blazing Chariots Of Light, Upright Towards the Heavenlies
From Earth to Jerusalem, a Solar Staff of Fire and Gems
Thriving Off Emblazoned Wings Of Zen,
Steadfast and Cageless, I'm the Fearless Riprider
High Glider, Wings Wider, I got that Buddha Fire
Beyond the flesh, the Treasure Chest
A Trove of Spiritual Wealth, in Bliss the Soul Rests
Righteous in Truth my Hearts Aflame
Seek the Inner Tabernacle it paves The Way,
No Mountain Too Tall If You Truly Believe
Find The Courage and Wisdom to be Set Free,
And Know, The Truth Within Is All You Need
The True Power Of The Golden Fleece
What falls from my eyes is dry; as crystals of a saltine
Frozen waters, be damned; I find calm in what they mean
Sweetness of their memory; form a perfections praline
Warmth of space, you're a true descendant of constantine
Thawing by infernos of thoughts; they returned to saline
With untarnished glare, I find to be a perfect sheen
Through earned tears; uncompromised understanding, can be seen
Written: December 5th, 2023
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Inspiration bursts forth akin to a volcano
with kinetic rainbows and gooey agony
frothy vortices or bubbling in infernos
an existence on the verge of decay
reaching the pinnacle of bliss
In that moment, originality bursts forth.
A creative vision of shadowed areas
amid a thousand beveled mirrors
portraying vibrancy and iridescence
in tandem, or utterly not
conversing common items into marvels
perched atop majestic mountains.
The highly focused artist's mind
perfectionism never fades
up until the medium is fulfilled
often veiled eccentricities
displaying pushes witnesses to impanel
an opposing viewpoint to hate and love.
Gratitude for vivid dreams
revealing hidden spaces to inspire and empower
emerged from cramped corridors
of crumbling walls and fading edges
within the Edenic roses of teal.
Devouring wings, my drip is dramatic,
Flames ignite tongue, buds sting acrobatic.
Capsaicin conga line, thrusts are erratic,
Spicy-raised roof, heat hitting the attic.
A gourmand adventure, once mild aromatic,
Infernos erupting, eyes leaking emphatic.
Scoville scale rising, its rays autocratic,
Mouth fully ablaze, sensations hematic.
"Why eat this?" You ask question Socratic,
For flame-kissed climax, pursuit is dogmatic.
Chasing the burn, with choice democratic,
Hot-fiery yearn, a finale ecstatic.
I sketch musky infernos with kohl ink
when dead wings of flurry moon lace my
copper blue lashes and ripples
of faith crash furthest seashores,
Draping stelliform-soul
in strokes of starlight
which drizzle as
lemon drops
upon
pink
sheet-
canvas,
So when red
letters twirl like
blood stained cranberries,
rose-gold amulets will
always save the salted flesh
of sun and wildflowers shall shine
as magenta peony-bows in
maroon hair-strings, forever breathing dreams.
Quiet like the trees,
Rustling in gentle whispers,
Wrens, robins – scarlet
Cardinals, listening for the
Music of March winds
Caressing the dancing daffodils,
As they hasten to herald
Spring’s laughing sunbeams,
The wonder of sweetest
Serenity, falling in tender
Dewdrop desires, erasing the
Past winter, melting
Away the melancholic, ashen
With vigorous flames,
Pouring from crimson passion,
Infernos of energies,
Intentional, glowing light
Across the azure skies,
Remembering the wisdom
Promising to soothe
Away the pains of twilight
Chill, ending frosts, ice
Liquified by spring’s graceful
Smile, the joy so alive
It frees the heart to fly
Beyond the oceans, in breezes
As alive as the reasons
Spring seems to bring with it
The soft mellowness
Breathed over the heart
Who knows this is the rest
Hastening to silence the dark
With a sigh of inspiration,
Burning away the desperation
The former is gone…
winter’s ending
Brings spring’s beginning
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