TENDERLY

You are my drop of sanity 
so beautiful 
like the early morning dew 
The soft warmth 
of a glowing sunbeam 
with caresses 
of amber hues 
Your breaths 
intoxicating zephyrs 
hold captive 
my dreamy eyelids 
in fluid fragrant flows 
Gentle flaming vibrations 
of words 
spiral delicious heat 
right down 
to my quivering toes 

Hug me close 
in gossamer bubbles 
Enchant my thundering heart 
Drench my flowing symphonies 
in feathery touches 

of soul-rain 
Till threadbare, I fall apart. 

MS

FROLICKING

Chase me in the tender breeze
Where I wait for you
Hiding
Behind warm tropical nights
When the world is fast asleep

Let the moon hear us laugh
Our joyful tinkling notes
Scattered
In playful abandon
On sweet smelling gentle eddies

We'll meet at the distant horizon
Twinkling stars touching rosy flames
Breathlessly
Deep sighs dancing with euphoric cries
Reflecting fond soul-beams on endless seas 

MS

STARCHILD

There's a beautiful soul
I met
in the moon's backyard
Making music
with the scattered fragments
of ancient stars
Unaware
how glorious he looked
in the serene light
Of the galaxies
spilling out of his heart

tonight  

Concentration
writ large 

in the knitted brow
on his gentle face
He sat
stringing drops
of his motley moments
into an exultant fate

MS

A WINTER WONDERLAND

Sinuous darkling limbs

Sprawled

On undulating sheets of white

Sheathed in a warm bubble

Watching snowflakes fall

In silent whispers

Pausing

Then slithering over the side

Uh! Sing me a song of love

Searing through the winter night…

MS

LOST

I skipped beats
looking for you
Among raindrops
and drenching leaves
Behind sunbeams
and passing wisps of air
Within shadows
and frantic moments
lurking everywhere
Wild thunderings
inside my chest
Rivers of dread, sinking
down to my shaking knees
I find those unfathomed eyes
holding the ever changing skies
gone
Blind emptiness stares back at me
over swelling tides
of indifferent, rising seas 

MS

GYPSY

I was a wayward wanderer 
A wisp of the wind 
Until an aeon ago 
In a forest of flaming fireflies 
The skin of my soul 
Brushed against the beauty

Of yours 
And you were 
Sweeter than my solitude 
Deeper than my dark 
Warmer than my wistful sighs 
Shinier than my stars….

You felt like home 
And I just stayed.

MS

SOUL SONG

My gypsy soul has been wandering 
Through time 
Looking for that answering flame 
Until I felt your voice 
Falling around my shoulders 
Like stardust 
Quiet and warm and gorgeous 
A gentle summer rain 

It soaks into my caverns 
Dripping beautiful light 
Quenching darkened days 
Of their solitary refrains 
My soul dances enraptured 
To the nurturing symphonies 
Of your soundless notes 
The skies are mum 
But I vibrate 
In tune with your breathless strains 

MS