The daylight fades
Limbs heavy and weary
Energy spent
Bones, muscles and sinews
Achingly needing rest
Bathtime ritual sacrosanct
Unguents and potions
Limbs and face smothered
Skin clean and fragrant
Mattress inviting
Slumber beckons
Fertile dreams await
Head on silk pillow
All plumped and warm
Eyelids heavy
Daily drudgery forgotten
Rhythmic calmed breathing
Slowing of mind
Thoughts pass through
Rather than linger
Like clouds blown by a breeze
Sounds fade in the distance
Today’s cares wash away
I am ready to embrace sleep
For tomorrow is another day
Categories:
unguents, good night,
Form: Free verse
Unguents and lotions for face but the ignored lines on neck speak volumes
Written on 08/19/2016
Contest: Monoku by John Hamilton
Categories:
unguents, age,
Form: Monoku
This is a hymn for a him,
Close your eyes, imagine,
Soft, dextrous hands in motion,
Soothing aching muscles with lotion,
Smoothing with unguents,
Rubbing with emollients,
R......E......L......A.....X......I......N......G.....
You'll wake up smiling,
I'll ease away your frowning,
Compliant massage dreaming,
Healing hands for him,
Close your eyes, imagine............
Categories:
unguents, fantasy, imagination, woman,
Form: Free verse
The Psychostasia
(The Egyptian Funerary Rite)
For seventy days I’ve been prepared
With oils and unguents ever so rare
And with linen bandages to and fro
Wound and wrapped from head to toe
And on this journey I’m prepared to start
By enduring the “Weighing of the Heart”
With Toth’s oversight we’ll see whether
My heart weighs true against Truth’s feather
Should it fall short the beast will devour
My soul to oblivion in my final hour
Yet should it measure straight and true
The Pylon opened I’ll be ushered through
And then I shall fall unto my knees
And pray that Osirus hears my pleas
That he acknowledge and clear my tears
And accept my soul for a thousand years
And cleanse said soul of all its scars
And make me one with the canopy of stars
And bless my children and my wife
That they may join me in the afterlife
Categories:
unguents, adventure, death, faith, funeral,
Form: Couplet