floating world
Yes, sweet love,
it’s the days of living
of lovemaking and flights of fancy;
it’s the life when the moment is all there is
with no care for the morrow
and no memory of how we came here
and so sweet woman who is close
hold me by my arm over your shoulder
and hold me by my belt
and you standing nearby, O woman
just as sweet and just lovely
carry my outer garment
(you’ll have your turn with me later
when this woman has had mine)
I am not drunk
as you can see
and I am alive in the moment
and so you see time flows like the waterfall
and life is smooth and copious
and our thoughts are like wine in our blood
pervasive, all-embracing,
one no different from the other:
O there is the beauty of the maple leaves
there is the wonder of the waterfall
and there is your beauty and there is my desire
and so happily let’s allow life to flow so
nothing comes to this point
O sweet beauties
nothing passes from here
and O sweet loves
there is but the pleasure
that we see here now
what we see with all our bodies and mind
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poem based on art by Suzuki Harunobu (Japanese, 1724-1770). The Waterfall, ca. 1769. (photo by Brooklyn Museum)
A dreamy flowing floating where reality stops as flights of fancy take place instead. The picture brings in another dimension to complement your poem beautifully. I too enjoyed the the words in brackets to add humor to this delightful poem~
I took this a lucky, but deserving man in a Geshia "home" surrounded by these beautiful creatures who's sole purpose is to sit there and be beautiful, to entertain, to act with mastered grace and be at home in any conversation and when and if the time come to please the flesh, they are second to none.
Nice valentine humour...well enjoyed...hope the other Beauty heard your voice in the bracket!
Great love poem for Valentines!
a dream ,such an embrace ,with out clinging ,sigh
Lo ely poem