Fantastic Fire Poems #7 & #8

7.
When dreams are waking
and my heart is aching
and my hands are shaking
and you're mine for the taking
We fall together
like worlds quaking
like diamonds shining
like water divining
like kings warring
like oceans roaring
We roll like waves
and rock like caves
then heart to heart
and hand in hand
We fall like snow
and settle like sand

8.
Goddess above me
you rise so sweetly
greeting the dawn
on the day of my rescue
your gracious hand
reaches for mine
you are lifting me up
higher than i dared to dream
one kiss and i soar
above you
mortal no more

Fantastic Fire Poems #5 & #6

5.
you've left again
work calls you away
much too often
i long to have you here
to share in the beauty
of life and the
slow ache
beauty brings
but you're already familiar
with these things

6.
early morning moon
fog creeps in
frogs are trilling
in the cold
that old longing arrives
my arms are empty
without you here
come home soon, Love

Alice, Revisited

I'm cracked.
I'm through the looking glass
and never looking back.
just drink my potion,
shrink down to nothing,
invisible as I already am
to the Queen of Hearts,
with my Cheshire grin,
my Mad Hatter riddles,
my White Rabbit dreams...
But there is no date,
so pocket that watch,
and stay for tea!

Sisters

Over the years, my sister and I have spent many nights sharing memories and reminiscing over shared childhood experiences. I have come to think of these times as a sort of therapy session, as we not only laugh about the good times, but we cry and seek comfort for the bad times.
I've been feeling lately as though my sister is a million miles away, and I miss her like crazy! So here's a poem I wrote after one of these late night trips down memory lane...

Your pain is my pain
I carry it every day
Your joy is my joy
May it always be that way
I love it when you say
Come, sister, let's sit and talk
of nightmares unspeakable
of dreams unflappable
of givers and
of takers
of childhood mischief makers
of wisdom before hidden and
of hope,
surprising, unbidden
But most especially the love we feel...
I've felt it always,
I feel it still!

Fantastic Fire Poems #3 & #4

3.
walking down the street
we're happy as clams
gazing in each other's eyes
as we warmly clasp hands
others look on
in wonder
in hatred
in revulsion
in envy
in lust
staring like spies
from behind their newspapers
but all i can see are your eyes

4.
mystic goddess
you sing me to sleep
with your heartbeat
you compose my soul
with a single touch
you praise my vision
and kiss my eyes
you seek my honesty
then tell me sweet lies
crossing your lips
they sound like sighs
and we melt together
into night