Thursday, March 24, 2011

The rising moon - by Tisha


The rising moon,
aglow as if on fire
in red and gold attire,
against the dark blue horizon,
calls for the nostalgic touch
of your burning lips,
on my softest skin.

A lone Stradivari
of bow and solo treble pitch,
sways on the moonbeams,
pulling my mixed-emotion
heart strings
while we breathe in the scent of violets,
with a musty perfume of moss and earth.

oh, I shiver, as I behold
the beauty of your eyes
in flaming fire
of deepest desire.

Oh moonshine bright,
look down on our plight,
yearning for delicious
fulfilment,
with dancing fireflies
on a bouquet
of sweet-smelling violets.



Carnal Apple - Pablo Neruda

‘Carnal apple, Woman filled, burning moon,’

Carnal apple, Woman filled, burning moon,
dark smell of seaweed, crush of mud and light,
what secret knowledge is clasped between your pillars?
What primal night does Man touch with his senses?
Ay, Love is a journey through waters and stars,
through suffocating air, sharp tempests of grain:
Love is a war of lightning,
and two bodies ruined by a single sweetness.
Kiss by kiss I cover your tiny infinity,
your margins, your rivers, your diminutive villages,
and a genital fire, transformed by delight,
slips through the narrow channels of blood
to precipitate a nocturnal carnation,
to be, and be nothing but light in the dark.

Pablo Neruda