There she lay: with eyes wide open - or perhaps quite tightly shut – she lay watching this torturer of her woman’s soul. Eyes as blue as the heavens; enchanting as the heavens themselves. And scarlet lips as burning embers... *** *** *** *** *** *** “Oh, what lovely eyes you have, my darling!” - “The better to see your beauty with, my dear.” “And oh! what lovely lips.” - “The better to caress your porcelain skin with, my dear.” [“And the better still to devour your innocent love with. And to ...

Deaf ears by Veronique R. de Jager Scattered they lie, strewn along the empty corridors of my mind; these flattened-out remnants of long-since chopped down trees. What purpose have they, but to carpet the cold tiled floors of my mind; these newly-adopted children of a paperback. They cannot show me Your face, or satisfy the maddening desire of my mind; these pretty-printed words - in Times New Roman. Though I search for all eternity, I will not find You in my mind: For where are You, Lord, bu...

It is said of Love it shall not be awakened until it so desires… Why then does it malinger so at the doors to my heart? Does it frolic about its path unawares of its desires? [Or does this desirous nature thwart my inner notions? Notions of which I cannot speak lest the utterings of such would render them true] Is it not the love of another that awakens this dreamer? Why then does it clutch so to the very thread of me? Why shall it insist on pursuing this aching heart? Shall not it rest awhil...

Faithful Sirius Each day gone by I stare up at Your night sky – the celestial vacuum of Your abode – (a daily ritual which keeps me sane) And surely, there You are, ever-faithful Sirius. In awe I gaze at the brilliance of Your light: as Your incandescent rays penetrate the annular stomas of my eyes – these so-called windows to my soul… Your luminescent glow enlightens my way, as day by day, every moment, each second, nuclear fusion implodes Your core; Your heart fractured, reduced to splinter...

Ode to the Wind Unopposed, unhindered, unscathed by the attempts of man. As a mighty warrior you plough forth. By whom shall you be deterred? By the might of your breath many have fallen. Winded. You go unseen before us. But not unheard: as a loud roar your bellowing voice extends across the oceans. Your mightful breath is fearfully known amongst the children of the trees, and the creatures of the desert sand: For fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Yet unattainable such wisdom seems...

Mirage Shall I tell of how I love thee? Of how I dote on thee: It is as the yawning sun Births the moon, And the moon the stars, And the stars the dawn – So I dote on thee. As my heart murmurs thy name With each pumping beat; As it reverberates through the cluttered maze That is my mind; As the remembrance of thy voice Resounds, “I love thee”, Within my ears - So I dote on thee. It is the deep pools of thine eyes By which I am mesmerized: A mystery - Not to be discerned. Could it be love I se...

Day and night I dote on thee: As my heart murmurs thy name With each pumping beat, I dote on thee. As it reverberates through the cluttered maze That is my mind, I dote on thee. As thy well-known visage Appears as an image before my eyes, I dote on thee. As the remembrance of thy voice Resounds, “I love thee”, Within my ears, I dote on thee. I dote on thine eyes: Deep pools of mirth Which mesmerize. They draw me near, And in, Till I am submerged. Whether drowning or afloat I cannot tell. Ah, ...