Chi m

In my head, you taste
Like an elegant postulate
All the energy equations summed together
The principle of life itself

In my mouth you taste
Like manna, that heavenly fare
Like an exotic mixture of honey and butter
Wild, exciting, heating the blood as it melts

In my heart you taste
Like something I never felt before
Something that makes me melt; like clay
malleable in your hands; it is you I adore

In my heart you taste
Like something - what shall I call this score?
My heart resonates with the symphony of your ways
In my heart, you taste like love.

©2008 by Genial

Seye s'oya

Black oblong rings of otangele
Bounding delicate lids of ebony
Ebony and beauty altogether
In unison a masterpiece of art

Delicate lids of ebony
Sporting fluttering brushes
Black and beautiful lashes
Yes, long and black lashes

Black and beautiful lashes
Wreathed about a clear gaze
Eloquent now, thoughtful then
Gripping and full of dreams

Dreams of a night full of stars
Sparkling, lovely, full of mystery
An astronomer's playground
In seye s'oya.

©2008 by Genial

Nna m (My Father)

When I was young and impressionable
I thought you were the best available
I remember those days like yesterday
When my world was about you everyday
I would boast of you to my mates
"My Father is the best", I would say
You were the source of all my inspiration
To be like you was my greatest aspiration

Then somehow- not quite sure how it started
But I began to compare you with the rest
I heard them speak evil about you
And I began to see flaws in you
Suddenly you were not my hero, not anymore
I wanted to be like everyone else but you
I Knew better, what I wanted wasn't you
And for days I dreamed of being free of you

And I did become free- one day I left
Such a huge relief it was for me, yes
I had found my own place, free of you at last
Could be my own man, no need to think of my past
Be like the others without being embarrassed by you
Free of your influence, free of your views
You were my old man, my poorly-kept secret
The past I never wanted my new friends to see

But soon enough, I began to compare, to review
The flaws I saw, I now realised they made me love you so
Try as I could, I could not get over you
My heart cried out for you at night, I missed you so
My Father, my daddy - not ashamed to call you as I used to
My hero, now I know how much you loved me
The burning in my heart, this was my love for you
No time to lose, I had to see my Father

My Father and the friend of my youth
Many nights of sleep you gave up and stayed true
So you could give me a future and a hope
I am back, Nna m, to tell you that I love you so
The very best of my sojourn I have brought in tow
Gifts from far and wide, my heart and precious stones
I understand that all you did was for me all the way
And I promise I will never leave you again.

©2008 by Genial

Featured poem: Miss Dominique Wyse (II)

Finally she answers me! She calls out to me! Finally she notices how long I have
waited at her gates
She opens her luscious lips and speaks to me, like the song of angels it sounds to me
she curls her tongue and her words swirl out straight and sure, clean and pure
picture perfect without flaw,

To me she is more than any jewel, I desire her more than gold or silver,
nothing I have, nothing i desire compares to her
I love to sit at her gates, to see where she lives with her flatmates
when she's next to me, she makes me look good, as good as a King
she makes my worth more than a million dynasties of diamond mining

My father prefers her more than any other I had before,
in her I find life and the Lord's favour
and now she's answered and me and tells me that she loves me
she prepares a wonderful meal and lays a table before me
the finest of berries, rich rose bouquets that make a man's heart merry
because of her, I desire to live forever, with her in my arms I do not desire any other
finally my darling she calls, and I answer

copyright 2008 SabreLight

Featured poem: Miss Dominique Wyse

When rumours of you arose, I knew I had to see you
talk of you had my tongue tingling
with a taste of you at its tip
I thought of you so hard I bit my lip
you've drawn first blood I must confess
that since the day I heard of you, I desired you

I wanted to drink hard of your bosom
and be satisfied by your breasts
I wanted to trace down, if only to gaze down
your navel, as words ring out loud 'guilty as charged!'
at the slamming sound of the gavel

I wanted to stare deep into your eyes
and take in all that they possess,
indeed the promises, the choicest morsels,
your very best, until I have had my fill of you
until then, I will not settle for less

O Miss Wyse how I desire you! my very being aches to join with you
when I think of you, it sends quivers to my knees
Shall I bow, shall I plead, shall I on bended knee say please?

Will you say yes and take me away?
Away from all these wayward fillies?
too easily flighted, love lorn and blighted, infatuated sillies

As time has passed, I've tried and tried, indeed to be discrete
Yes Miss Wyse, it's you I desire, my true heart's desire
my passion burns like a naked flame, insatiable until you are called my name
Will you say yes, will you be mine, and reveal to me your deepest secrets?

copyright 2008 SabreLight

Featured poem: Who is She?

she gives one exclusive rights to her name, but there is nothing
she dates another for a year, but there is nothing
she devotes her time and attention to another, but there is nothing
as long as nothing is said, there is nothing

she leaves another to perish for lack of vision,
late at night she aspires to new heights of derision,
companions, companions, but there is nothing

she is a pearl that a man could sell all his land to acquire
she is an angel to which many aspire
at night she cries 'come on baby! light my fire!'
the high wave frequency of the heart wails in her desire
but there is nothing

at twilight she dances with stars
at sunrise she races with the ray of sunshine
the poet spies her and ponders, could she be mine?
that i may forever imprison her in a cage of gold bars
and then she fades, and there is nothing

but the question...

who is she?

copyright 2008 SabreLight

The everlasting arms (3)

Now so far down the fall
It's all too late - I hope no more
Nowhere to turn, I give up the struggle
With no place to go,it's time to say farewell

I can hear the grotesque sounds below
It's no use now, I know it's all over
I'm getting nearer, ever closer
To the rejoicing of the hellish hordes

The darkness closing in - I can see
The heat building up - I can feel
Of the times I should have said no or yes
But did neither, more or less

I struggle to breathe; my heart is faint
The air gets worse; the vision fails
Too tired to struggle, I close my eyes
It's over, Lord, I say, this battle is lost.

Suddenly I hear a wonderful sound
I know this voice, it's here at last
I heard it before, so far in the past
When my feet were still on the ground

The eternal God is your refuge
This battle is not over- not for you
And underneath are his everlasting arms
No fear here- you will come to no harm

At once it is the end of my flight
And I can feel solid ground at my feet
Silence below, hellish hordes in retreat
Slowly opening my eyes, I see the light.

The eternal God is your refuge;
Underneath are the everlasting arms
He drives your enemy before you
And says, "destroy"!

©2008 by Genial