Senses

Finding you is being
freed of dangerous debate
calamitous uncertainty
dissolves in face of such
a trenchant substance and
solidity; you’re real and occupy
unchallenged space

my feet would wander needlessly
on paths to nowhere lost in
pasts forgot, beset by ghosts
whose form resembled trysts
with bold mirage-like artifice
begot in manic dreams
and endless emptiness

ethereal disturbances still
claim a place but yet the rapture
of your scent persists in kisses
placed where senses don’t
resist voluptuary – the solid
hint is saving grace you
sagely promise me
© 1 July 2010, I. D. Carswell

Published June 30, 2010 Write a comment
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robyn selters
Superb writing... interesting, rich with complexity yet beautifully simple in its underlying theme. Wonderful imagery...I especially liked: 'you're real and occupy unchallenged space,' 'bold mirage-like artifice,' 'ethereal disturbances...the rapture of your scent persists.' Most enjoyable.
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