Poems to the Ocean
I would rather be ::: the beholder of beauty ::: than the beautifulsilent night
under stars
you and i
full moon
waves lapping the shore
tropical breeze feels
delicious on the naked skin
yours and mine
all night to get to know you
the taste and smell
and sound of your pleasure
mingled with
night creatures
witnessing in wonder
our wonder
our meeting
our slow exploration
of one another
bodies
minds
tastes
sounds
smells
feel of skin on skin
join me
paint
I’m painting a poem
For you
Right here
In my heart
I’m dipping it
In all the colors of love
I have for you
All the ways I love you
All the flavors
Of giving
All the beauty in me
I’ve been keeping
For you
Here
lily
In the shadows
Of your longing
Your body
Is a calla lily
Wearing only moonlight
Dripping
Off your naked form
Licking you
As it slips down
Much in the way
I long to..
angel
Delicately
I place this shell
Once animated
With your breath
Upon my back
Where
If you yet lived
You would feel
The delicious light
Of my golden wingtips
Wash over you
As I carry your body
Across the ocean of
Forgetting
Back to the now of
Remembering
Where your name
Before your birth
Is still sung
Most Precious
Jy is kosbaar vir my
offering
Humbly she comes
Hands cupped
Bearing kindness
Offering words
Whispering
I own
No thing
I bring you
Only this
Naked presence
Of God
Living in me
This is
All I have to give
And in this moment
All of me
Is yours
transcendence
My friend, she asked
How heals your broken heart?
My friend, I replied
I have visited the depths of my grief
And the shadows of my own
Insanity
And I rise now
From these ashes
Immersed
In flames
poetry and prayer
Oh my friend
We say
Poems are prayers
And tears are healing
And love
Tears are prayers too
And poems are healing
And every waking breath
Is poetry
And prayer
And healing
And this whole journey
Is the story of a soul
Finding her way home
Like water to the sea
You’re on your way home
My friend
these broken wings
The way I am open
Right now
Is an opening
To you alone
It ’s not to everyone
It’s a cloud opening
In a dark sky
And I am the sun
Shining on you alone
And
It ’s because of how you
Witness my shattering
And catch all the pieces
Of
Your broken angel
Cradle my crushed being
And
Mend these broken wings
With your soul song
How you touch me
Only softly
I am
For you alone
alone with words
Half a world away
And you touch me
Deeper than anyone
Has ever
Touched me
With words
Your words
The reflection
Of
Your beautiful heart
And I can never
Touch you
Except
With words
And I can never
Hold you
While we fall asleep
Cradling
Your softness
And we ’re both left
Alone
With words
Tasha
Hey Tasha
I’ve been thinking of you
And I wanted to say
I know
What it’s like
When it all breaks apart
And all hell breaks loose
When everything you’ve been
Relying on
Is gone
Oh I know, baby
And I know
The healing power
Of tears
Because I cry all the time, baby
And I know
How hard it all is
When there are kids involved
And how hard it is
To see someone you once
Adored
Now despise you
And baby
I know
You can’t even talk about it
I couldn’t either
Just know
I’m always here for you honey
To listen
To cry to
I’m your friend, baby
I understand
I’m right here
drowning in you
So often
The things you say
Wash over me
Waves come over me
Total immersion
In your love
And I drown
A little
In you
your voice
Sweetly
Like tinkling bells
Softly
Like rose petals falling
Delicately
Like the heart of God
My heart absorbs
Your essence
Through the sound
Of your beautiful
Voice
love story
I feel broken
You are inquisitive
I trust
I feel desperate
You are concerned
I open
I feel anguish
You are comforting
I relax
I feel confusion
You are sane
I let go
I feel surrender
You are safe
I blossom
I feel gratitude
You are accepting
I weep
I feel love
You are beloved
I know
I feel whole
You are holy
I am complete
the color of love
I remember
Once
You wondered
What is the color
Of life?
And I answered
Wonder is the color
Of life
And I wondered
What is the color
Of love?
And you answered
Wonder is the color
Of love
And to me
Love is
The scent of honey
On your body
The taste of coconut oil
On your skin
The sound of
Your laughter
The softness
Of your trusting heart
It’s no wonder
To me
You are
The color of love
Love like water
Dear God
Your angel told me
Anything I pray for
Is already mine
Please God
Make my love
Like water
Obedient to
The shape of the vessel
The heart
I am poured into
Let me fill her
All her empty places
Nourishing
Quenching
Filling
With my love
Love like water
When I listen
When I get quiet
When I go inside
When I listen
To all the things
You ’ve said
And I hear
What speaks through you
In everything you say
Always the same
Though
You ’ve never said it
And I wanted to tell you
That I love you too, my friend
My heart loves your heart too
Photographer’s delight
In sweet silence,
I
Shed my clothes
For you
Bare my soul
To you
Broken whole
By you
Would you take me then,
Love?
When the moment
Is right?
In the soft
Morning light?
A photographer’s
Delight
I will be
For you
The rain of you
Like rain on the ocean
The water from your sky
Dances across me
The rhythmic pattering
Of your kisses
Across my body
Leaving a million ripples
On my naked skin
Like moonlight on the sea
You watch me adoringly
Swell under your gaze
The waves of my being
Rising and falling
In the wind
Of your words to me
Like a fire in the breeze
Your invisible caresses
Make me flicker
Heating my insides
Inflaming me
The rain of you
Makes me burn
Seven hours of silence
Tell me
How you came
To rest
The dove of your softness
Upon my beating heart
Your naked presence
Exposed
Only for me
Oh tell me
All about
Seven hours
Of lovemaking
On a white sandy beach
The sun our witness
Whisper to me
Of
What pleasures you
Tantric taboos
And dragon tattoos
And seven hours
Of silence
With you
My Lady
My Lady
You are the song
In my silence
You are the everything
In my emptiness
You are the sun
Rising in the dawn
Of my heart
Warming
My life
Poems to the Ocean 