A mystery

You're a mystery to me
And the little clues I get
Fascinate me.
The pictures I see
And the stories they tell
Intrigue me.
The things that you say
Lead to more questions
And I seek answers.
I don't want to ask
I don't want to interrogate
I don't want to pry.
But you're a mystery to me
And I patiently wait
For the mystery to unfold
So little pieces I have learned
Fit into place.
And so I resist
Trying to avoid using a question mark
Holding on to the questions
For another day
While the mystery
And suspense
Builds slowly.

Stoking the fire

We're like coal in a fireplace
A gentle glow
A warmth between us
That emanates around us.
Every once in a while
There's a spark
Triggered by a look
A Casual graze of skin
Or a voice modulation
Wafting across the room.
A few times there's been a flame
Gently building
As we chat and share stories
Interspersed
With a comfortable silence.
What's stopping the fire
From bursting through?
Are we being too cautious?
Have we become that jaded?
Is this just a passing flame?

Do you want to join me
Fuel the fire,
Get it to roar and hiss,
Light up the darkness
That stops us,
Consume us,
And make us whole again?

Honey, it's you!

The warmth
In your honey eyes
Melts me
Seduces me
Serenades me
The smile
On your mischievous lips
Tugs at my heart
Draws me
Deeper into your eyes
Honey gold windows
Into your soul
Inviting yet challenging
My every sense

The smile widens
The left slightly more
Than the right
The eyes crinkle up
Yet
That honey gold
Is more intense
Invites me
More insistently
To gaze into them
Breathless I surrender

You...

My lace and satin
Slithers to the floor
A pool of blue and silver
Shimmering
The fairy lights
Twinkling over my bed
Illuminate you
Watching
Waiting
Yearning
My skin glows
In the dim light
Beads of hot sweat
Trickle down
Over the goosebumps
Even as we get closer
You're barely visible
Yet certainly familiar
How did you find me?
Where did we meet?
Who are you?
Open your eyes
And then open mine. 

Emotion

It's a strange thing-
Emotion...
It makes you crash,
Then let's you soar.
It makes you doubt,
Then gives you hope.
It makes you fear,
Then leads you to believe.
It makes you weep
Then prompts a chuckle.
It makes you fight
Then reach out for peace.

It's a strange thing-
Emotion...
Just when you're weak,
It makes you strong.
Just when you think you're dying,
It brings you alive.
Just when you're at the brink of sanity,
It makes you sane.
Just when you're about to speak,
It catches your throat.
Just when you're about to lie,
It shows you the truth.

It's a funny thing-
Emotion...
It creeps up on you
Takes over
Your mind and heart
Simultaneously lose

The Moment

Wrap me up
Hold me tight
Engulf me in your arms
Just for tonight.

Keep your lips on mine
Fingers entwined
Breath mingled
It's so divine.

Run your hands
Down my back
Pull me closer
Maybe give me a smack.

Push me down
Or kneel yourself
Have your way with me
Pleasure so intense.

Strum my strings
Rattle my chains
Drum me hard
Again, again and again.

Move to the beat
Of you and me
Only then is this symphony
Finally complete.

Dipped in Sapphire

I closed my eyes for a moment
And was suddenly transformed.
With a flourish of fabric,
The swish of a hand,
We travelled in time
To a world of sapphire.
Sapphire blue oceans,
Sapphire blue skies
With silver stars in millions,
Sapphire blue orchids,
Sapphire blue irises,
In the fields
And in your eyes.

Just as it took my breath away
I gulped in the clear, fragrant air
When I closed my eyes
To memorise it all,
I heard another swish and clink.
There you were
Piercing sapphire eyes
Filled with mischief,
And in your palm
A sapphire stone.
A stone so blue
So perfect
So luminous
So delicately placed
Amidst a pale titanium swirl
The depth so alluring.

Those beautiful palms
Nestling that sapphire
Wind around my neck
And as the clasp clicks
The sapphire, my sapphire,
Nestles seductively on my breast,
To complete the most perfect,
Sapphire Paradise that ever existed.

I luxuriate in the paradise,
Willing to stay forever
And yet
When I blink again,
That sapphire blue dream
Shatters into a million shards
Of unrecognisable dust.

Presumption

To you, I am a nuisance

To you, my heart is protein

To you, my brain is a barricade

To you, my limbs are meant to run away

But to me

My heart is a source of love

My brain is the centre of compassion

My limbs are pillars of strength

To me, I am nurturing.

But you don't see that

And I can't make you

Because you're eyes see

But do not perceive

Because you're heart beats

But doesn't feel

Because you're brain doesn't think

But calculates

Because you're limbs don't hold you up

But actually run away

You demand

You take

You hurt

You leave

You shatter

The crystal that is my soul.