I LAY BESIDE YOU, SKIN TO BEAUTIFUL SKIN

I think there is a magic to this place, 

to this shimmering world beneath the heavens, 

it calls me as surely as you call me from your land 

of blue green waves, it has the power to wake 

the Minotaur or unfold the gentlest summer blossom, 

I need it, its exquisite & tantalizing fingers, as much as 

I need breath or Life itself, as much as I need you 

& to feel the stars shining in my blood, it is the Cosmos 

that unfolds above me, the wind, the rain, the almost 

unbearable beauty of the windswept summer grasses, 

it is the sound of your voice beside the roar of the waters,

 lost to the ear but joyous in the heart, it is the reason I come 

on this journey, that I lay beside you skin to beautiful skin 

beneath the cool & hunting moon, it is the reason the 

comets stitch up the secrets of the night & the dawn's wing 

unfolds across the fingers of the mountains, it exists as 

surely as we exist, as surely as we find our Truth within 

each other, for the days are long & filled with Love, 

& this warm world turns, & the orchards dream...

--NorthPoet, from VISION RIDER...

APHRODITE

You showed me the secret, 

the key to the mysterious Future, 

deep in the shining Past, in the guise 

of Aphrodite, slim, serene & beautiful, 

you danced in the fragile flowers & golden 

orchards of my memory, slowly, lovingly, 

you fed me the fruit fit only for the gods, 

the apples of Immortality & the sweet dark grapes 

of poetic passion, you aroused me & enraptured me, 

& embraced me beneath a moon that burned like 

ecstatic silver fire, your body was the star strewn kiln 

that melted reason into madness, until my heart's rivers 

of rapture & desire burst across the tremors of your skin 

& swept us away, irrevocably, eternally, into a land 

of wondrous waters, of nebulae nimble on the peaks 

of magic mountains, of minotaurs & savage satyrs, 

& maidens whose ecstatic eyes you could drown in 

forever, you were the Avatar awake within the Ages, 

lover of heroes & those meant to be heroes, your love 

was the great Love that all hearts could enter like a temple, 

all could worship you, those who came in Beauty, 

& those who came in Lust, all who touched you were 

transformed, even those who loved you only 

with their eyes finally forgot their fear & were transcended, 

you kissed the hearts of mortals & gave them the taste 

of galaxies, you danced within their darkness 

& brought them bursting into Light...

--NorthPoet, from VISION RIDER...

HER FINGERS WERE LIKE TINY FLARES OF GALAXIES

She was subtle, gentle, exotic, 

in her presence the world hushed 

& became exquisite, she had the scent 

of mystic realms, of impossible & ancient secrets, 

of pacts between lovers forever joyous in the stars, 

she willingly haunted the desolate shadows of his heart 

& coaxed them toward the Light, dawn beckoned him 

from the infinite depths of her dark & erotic eyes, 

the tips of her fingers were like tiny flares of galaxies 

as she traced the vibrant river of rebirth in ancient symbols 

across his naked chest, her embrace cleansed him, 

it flared in gentle waves within him & drew his Spirit 

across the waters, within her he lived forever, 

the comets watched in silent splendour, 

& together, bound forever as One, 

they danced into her bright & sacred land...

--NorthPoet, from VISION RIDER...

POSEIDON COMES

We lay awhile, 

in that fair & golden city, 

as eons crept by us, deep in 

blossoms, grapes & beauty, our skins 

glistening & entwined beneath the eternal sun, 

our bodies washed & purified, made beauteous 

by the sweep of the blue green waves, in the fields 

beyond the palaces, in the grasses of the great bulls, 

we learned the song of the peaceful universe, 

we saw the lithe forms of the maidens, sacred to 

the wild dances of joy & grace, wreathing the horns 

of the gods & splashing in the sensual streams 

of the goddess, in the hours of warm & fragrant 

midnight we heard the pawing & the great bellows 

of the Minotaur Prince down in his starlit caverns, 

proud, powerful & versed in the great magic of his domain, 

we embraced, we loved, we grew old & young & old again 

in the endless enchantments of each other's bodies, 

we heard the Great Wave rising, we heard the crash, groan 

& rumble as the earth broke beneath the flick 

of Poseidon's tail, we watched, we waited, 

the world dissolved & suddenly 

we kissed inside the stars...

--NorthPoet, from VISION RIDER....

WE WILL BE AS LOVING ASH

Let me hear you, in the ancient glades 

& the mountains, in the forests, in the deserts 

dancing in the whispers of the moon, caress me 

with all the loving textures of your voice, the shivers, 

the tremblings, the erotic nuances never to be heard 

except in the mysteries the stars dream of, let me kiss you 

& embrace you like the warm darkness of a Cosmos 

about to bloom, there never has been such a night, 

such a Lover as you, the most perfect & graceful 

of midnight's secrets, let us lie awhile, amid the memories 

of the orchards & the summers yet to be, let me run 

my fingers gently through the raven winged waves 

of your hair & wake the galaxies within your eyes, 

let me taste you as if a gentle pilgrim of the senses, 

let me imagine the waves & far flung oceans of ecstasy 

even before they gather us & become greater, 

let me plunge without regret into the fathomless 

rhythms of your heartbeat, you are the darkness, 

you are the conjuring, the exotic fragrance of Visions, 

the flame will rise slowly but relentlessly, 

unendurable into rapture, the morning is lost forever, 

we will be as loving ash...

A HIGH PLACE

There is a high place on this earth, 

where poets go, & mystics, & seekers 

who dwell alone in the canyons & deserts 

of their imagination, I think the Goddess calls us, 

& only the truest heed the call, the Lovers, 

the brave ones, the heroes, I think they gather their hearts 

& swear to ascend or die, I have been on that road, 

I have seen the forgotten bodies of pilgrims propped in 

perfect grace like signposts on the path as the constellations 

urge them upwards, I have been there & I have felt 

the wings of my Visions gradually shimmer into stars, 

I have bathed in the eyes of the Cosmos & felt the rivers 

of the nebulae blaze upon my skin, I knew I would 

dance forever, I knew I would laugh & weep 

& lie with a thousand Beauties in the orchards, 

for I saw the rivers surge out across the dry land 

& each of them was cool & nourishing & good, 

I heard the tumult of the waves & the far flung mystery 

of the ocean, I felt the wind & breathed the endless 

fragrance of the forests & the meadows sweet with bloom, 

the comets spoke of new horizons & I heard the music 

of the spheres, I took my passion & came forth gladly, 

& I mingled with the crowds, & the dawn still lingered in 

your window, & I kissed you & Light was born...

WHERE THE RIVERS DREAM

Take me where the rivers dream, 

& I will live with you forever, & dance 

in sweet orchards, & the magic will return 

& grow wilder, I need your fire in my veins, 

I need the Cosmos to rage inside my blood, 

lest I lie forever in dreaming blooms, I need the Beauty 

of storm ever imminent, & deeply raging, I need to forget 

all purpose except the heat of long & slow burning flames, 

I need the taste of you, & to feast my hungry eyes upon 

the contours of your skin, I need to see you golden, 

& darkly wreathed in midnight's merciless mystery, 

I need all these contradictory things, all these far flung 

passions, I need the rainbows of your womb, & the erotic 

opiate of your whispers, I need to taste the forbidden 

flavours on your lips, the secret things, the exotic ecstasies 

hidden deep within your flesh & blood & bone, I need 

the unknown & elegant enigma of you, & to feel our reason 

slide into madness in the tempest of your thighs, 

I want to throw off this silver moonlit armour & stalk you 

like a beast with bare & beautiful skin, I want to rise 

like a madman's dawn & burst within your heart 

like a thousand golden Suns...

I OPENED MY HEART TO THE STARS

I opened my heart to the Stars, 

but it was never empty enough to receive them, 

I've stood on each of the holy mountains 

of the Spirit & danced the dance of rapture & desire 

but I awoke again & again with dawn's dew upon me 

& the day rising to greet me, I felt the wind in my hair 

& my memories at my back, I knew my journey led me 

onward & it led me to you, it led me to Love & the 

unfolding of galaxies within the endless mysteries 

of your eyes, the wild forests call, & the lost gardens 

of the moon, I lay with you & the world began 

& the night drifted across the meadows like the warm 

breath of ecstasy, I entered the palace of earthly dreams 

& mystic mirrors, I sang the songs of the far flung oceans 

lapping at the edge of the world, within our whispers 

I learned the depths of all true wisdom, we wandered 

in the orchards hand in hand & cradled in the blossoms, 

all visions I seek now shimmer in the space between 

our heartbeats, I adore you with the strength of each 

of the sensual seasons & all magic seems to linger 

in your erotic fingertips...

I WANT TO WALK AGAIN BY THE WATERS

I want to walk again by the waters, 

in quiet joy & contemplation, I want to feel 

my heart opening as dawn breaks softly across 

the waves, I want to embrace yet again all the Beauty 

it pains my heart to be without, my Spirit aches 

for all that I have forsaken, all that I have almost forgotten 

in my useless quest for fleeting knowledge & the elusive 

magics of a mind afire, my vision is alive with imaginings 

& dances only the wild wind knows, too long have I 

lingered where the bright moon's whispers are perilously 

close to madness in the reflections of mystic eyes, I must 

cleanse myself in the pure simplicity of the sky, I want 

to stand yet again where the Cosmos loves me, where 

the stars dance & laugh & remember, I want to be 

the man I could have been, the poet & not the warrior, 

the lover & not the pilgrim, I want to look into your eyes 

& know I have wasted nothing, I want to to know 

that we burn with a gentle fire, that I have lived 

in the truth of your arms & brought you the blessings 

of fulfillment, I want to be your greatest wish & a hero 

worthy of the name, I want to kiss you & dance in the 

moments that never end...

THE PEARL

I will bring you the pearl 

the Universe dreamed of, in the moment 

before it awoke, I will steal it from the fiery fingers 

of jealous nebulae raging where new Visions burn, 

I will place it glowing into your hand as a simple gift 

to celebrate your beauty, I will watch it tremble 

in exquisite solitude on the delicate lobe of your ear, 

I will watch the world rise around you, newly formed, 

as if to enshrine you like an exotic beacon that beckons 

down through the Ages & draws all broken Lovers 

to your heart, I will kiss you as gently as a pilgrim come 

to rest, & know that you have allowed me to reveal you 

as a Goddess, I will worship you, & wash your hair, 

& braid it with secret stars, I will gather the hues 

of unknown rainbows & paint living landscapes upon 

your skin, I will call you to the ocean & there we will 

dance, & the cities will fade in the distance like dust 

or flecks of snow, the waves will welcome us, warm, sweet 

& cleansing, & we will lie entwined on the sand & embrace 

in each eternal moment between our heartbeats, we will be 

as One, but also somehow as Many, for the Dawn will 

gather us & its rays will weave the taste of our pleasure 

deep into the cauldron of the days, Rapture will ravish us, 

& Ecstasy, & the many magics of the Moon, we will rise 

naked before the Cosmos & soar with wings of Light, 

Love will be our river, & the nourishment of the Earth, 

& the orchards will rise, & the wide & fertile fields will 

spread, & we will sing soothing new songs to silver seeds 

that ripen in the Wind...