Guest guest Posted April 11, 2001 Report Share Posted April 11, 2001 the agony and ecstasy of love "He will drink it little by little and will not be able to swallow it agreeably, and death will come to him from every quarter,, but he shall not die..." - Qur'an 14:17 with languishing eyes with starving hands i crave you sweet mirabai oh beloved, gangaji, fragile days shuffle like old men hobbling down a dusty worn path broken nights stagger drunkenly and shatter like a dropped glass while i rage out my lyric heart to a blazing sun and piercing moon the choiring birds at dawn torment my longing with sweet mockery ugly words come from fools who have lost faith in higher, divine love yet your poet lifts his glass once again to drink you once more, flawless dark one, death after birth, birth after death crying, cry, crying of your white arms as glittering shards of a broken crystal cut bare feet are my lonesome nights stumbling through a neglected garden like old men my tedious days shuffle teacher, oh lover dear mirabai i hunger for you with a bottomless heart with clairvoyant sight as one awaiting first love’s tender kiss as mira awaits mark, mark awaits mira endlessly, without effort, infinitely eternally, within and without, mortally mark loves mira as mira loves mark together we await our first holy kiss of fire parched agony and ecstasy of distilled lust melting bent minds and broken hearts to fluidity flowing golden anodine nectars of joy and bliss humming a new canticle celebrating first true love i sing my burning for you, my beloved, into song mark christopher valentine (april 11, 2001) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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