Celebration
Cartwheel me in hoops, the boy upon the grass
His heart a kaleidoscope of sun
Joy poured into fractals of meaning, the pass
And present in one future serene as moon.
The stars like minstrels play
Our destiny like a skein entangled in life's twine
Better dryads lighthearted in their trees
Better than passion red poincianna dancing for each breeze
From flower to flower I envy no bee nor butterfly
I take my nectar from a single source
Love delicious as a cataract, and the night long festivity
Of the twirling room and the breasts like cymbals
In the orchestra, laden with honey and song
We share, and share, and share till cockcrow
Morning naked in my arms, throbbing like a sea
Lapping at the foot of sands, rocks, moon, god
O how much more beautiful can love be
Her silken form like cotten where my fingers wake
Quivering deep into the cavern of memory
She is more beautiful than all temples of gold
For I in new consecration
Am held in a cup of rainbow whispering through trees
You cannot imagine how incandescent my mind becomes
How alight with words, I am the flambeau of her tongue
Soul in soul the morning breaking
As we unfold like leaves ready for the first prayer.
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Submitted on July 05, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Scheme | ABACDEFFGHIJKLIMINIOBFPQRL |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,151 |
Words | 214 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
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