Wednesday, May 25, 2016

if only the forest were as green as your eyes


well, i might like to linger

but all its beauty is a guise

          can’t wrap me round its finger

i trace your face of supple grace

          and dance within your arms

the darkest night cannot erase

          your laughter and your charms

i call upon the muse of love

          to sing a song for you

a song of love that’s sung by doves

          could not give you your due

this poet dreams of fancy schemes

          of music, rose and wine

and tables with embroidered cloth

          and china that is fine

cause words cannot escape my mouth

          when i’m without a breath

the worship due the beauty you,

          your name my shibboleth

the heart departs devoid of art

          without your presence found

then you return and i relearn

          the joy that can’t be bound

i find the gist of every list

          both void and incomplete

if you’re not numbered at the top

          cause nothing can compete

with the beauty you possess

          so rare it’s undefined

in throne rooms i am just a guest

          in presence of divine

 

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