SUNSET ON THE ARC OF HEAVEN
SUNSET ON THE ARC OF HEAVEN
I gaze upon the distant arc of the horizon
Brilliant. Bold. Solid. Blue.
I watch the countless wrinkled waves
Roll in agitation, in burgeoning lust,
In continuing whirls of endless births and deaths.
Self begotten, self nourished
In menacing impudence.
Plundering the coy and feckless sand.
The sky bends down to hold the sea
Gathering her up in a generous embrace.
Their kiss deepens as the resplendent orb
Seals them both in liquid bonds of fire.
Dipping in to ravish and quench.
Is that bird soaring yonder my mind?
Conjuring strange dreams of alluring fantasy?
Weaving wine-eyed magic of bygone lives?
I gaze upon the distant arc of heaven
Glowing. Twilit. Soft. True.
:)WOW, Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy life has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.
You are gifted, good lady. Lissome, your intellectual and creative flexibility is alluring…..
good one, as always !!
Even when one doesn”t write “the usual love stuff”, it’’s hard not to enlist the language of love(-making), isn”t it? heeehee … burgeoning lust, dipping to ravish …
Beautiful images you have created here … of the sky stooping to ravish the aching sea … and the bird (mind? … memory? … intoxicated magi?) the only living witness present at this celestial nuptials
Visions like these the Rg writers must have seen and pondered, perhaps …
nice creation
Waah .. this is exhilaratingly alive.. not only created an atmosphere but made me plunge through it ..
I gaze upon the distinctive arc of ur imagination n creativity - Glowing. Twilit. Soft. True.
Feeling it all within & without at once… Lissa… indeed a mesmerizing experience…. Let my mind Not analyze it as an Art… let me too feel it… within & without… hmm??
nice creation……and how beautifully expressed. funtashtic!
Wow!
Imagery is very vivid. ”The sky bends down to hold the sea, Gathering her up in a generous embrace.” wow! last stanza loved i. and this poem is the first frm you in the love, romance, lovemaking category! let there b many more.
Such lovely verses impregnated with love making with such profound beauty, ”an arc of heaven, a virtuality, a line (horizon) seen but not existing, we make it so beautiful and livid in our minds….have read and re read them…….
Glowing, your poem is, with meaning, metaphor and beauty. I sit mesmerised, both by your creation and God’’s
LISSI,,,YOU GOT COUNTLESS WRINKLS AS WELL..THE SOUL OF THE POST MAKES MY SOUL TO REALISE THE VISUALISATIONS YOUR HEART HAS,,,,,,,,DEPICTED BY YOU SO DELICATELY…GREAT THOUGHTS
kabil-a tarif-
nice lines…
The journey of Life, from the bold, the energetic, the beautiful, the hopeful- to the sunset, the mellowed, the memories, the satisfaction , and face to face with the ultimate truth. You capture all the shades, the agony and the ecstasy, and perhaps the arrogance of success and self confidence. you did it again, and its a thing of beauty and a joy forever. Our thanks, and our gratitude merge into one…. and the heart only craves for more, much like the summerwine