Category Archives: love poems

O’ masked heartsteal this hidden houri from the bold arms of dubiety. O’ heart, my captain,sail us swiftly through az-Zuqaqto the Tibouda promontory Let me hear her whisper“Espana” And save this ship from peril. Sweetly place her silhouette anywhere, be … Continue reading →

Sometimes I am drowning in answers thirsting for questions – for it is the pain of not knowing that I’ve befriended This one speaks of separation, that one of where union ends another speaks of two fountains that have crashed … Continue reading →

When drunk with wine, upon soft pillows of golden thread, I, in darkness, slept, whilst sultans’ dreams filled my head, I am woken by Your absence, that of a restless lover in my bed. So, we lie awake, You and … Continue reading →

I was dazed by the colors of dusk, astounded by its clarity, immediately inebriated by light, spellbound by saturated hues, clouds aflame in saffron, tiger and tangerine, brushes of amaranth, lost in Egyptian blue. Others stopped to stare at the … Continue reading →

My heart is a winding painted canyon carved by my Beloved. I followed her echo out to the ocean And below Her surface I dove. I emptied myself into Her depths, beneath the currents of unspoken worlds and breathless I … Continue reading →

Loving with an empty heart, we hear Her exhale, grotto’s dark, wrapping breath around the rose, in bending light, our spirits arc. A cavern entrance framed in thorns for spacious shelter from the storm, where some upon the threshold waver … Continue reading →

You are there at the end of my misshapen words, syrup drizzled fatigue and pliant, I’m draped over well shaped thoughts, made of frozen tears from angels crying. Only a pen to unbury your secrets I’ve dug many holes across … Continue reading →