Press play and let the music wash over you as you read.
Salute.
(A lone voice whispers)
I once laid
Mesmerised and kept as a prisoner
In desires old cast iron anxiety chains
In loves shadowy jealous abyss
As I watched the slow rise
And fall of your sweet breath
I must admit though
It was a chosen moment
Decided by the
Old Country Gods
That I couldn't resist
The word 'deliquesce'
Springs to mind
As I once admired you
From afar in Mi Casa Su Casa
Wearing that stunning red dress
For old or new love
Will look deep within
Eager-wide eyes
Right into your hidden tributaries
And delectable deep-depths
Reaching that blessed treasured Blarney Stone
You always unknowingly carry around
Known as your indomitable ageless
Precious old soul
Once there
It will dance freely and
Openly
Like Dorothy
In her sparkling brand new
Ruby red slippers
Down that new or familiar
Spell-binding
Yellow Brick Road
Looking for that hidden
Red Room
Where you lay open
Exposed vulnerable
And ready to explode
Where
Your bright eyes will sing
For all in that Red Room
To hear
For Desires beautiful eyes
Which now consume me
And whisper of old sins
Hold me in silver chains
Once committed before God
In our lush Garden of Eden
A holy sanctuary
Where we once
Long ago
Felt safe
Metaphorically guarded by Gaius Julius Caesars
Many fearless legions
But now as we
Slowly dance upon
Mephistopheles
Old and worn gossip-filled dance floors
Trapped between the fall
Of the silvery moonlight
And the rising of
Helios life-giving rays
My life
Is but a soft whisper
Floating gently
Through the winds of Time
All I can add to the
Master of all Ceremonies
Never-ending archives
Is I'm glad
I once held you
and claimed you as mine
Copyright John Duffy
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