Covet
Covet
By Jasmine Johnson
Breathing in a way
Beyond the words
Capturing an ethereal dream
And drawing it close
We play together
Remembering the ardor of youth,
I fall into you......
Pushing away the will
To fight, to take, to create
With the music dripping
Into these flaccid veins
I draw forth a companion
From lilting harmony....
Shapes materialize in this dream
And I begin to see again.....
Her eyes, an imitation
Of the stars in paradise
Contrasting the velvet darkness
That covers her skin....
Holding the moon
Between her lips....
The hallucination binds me
I remain transfixed.....
And the aching returns
Moving this forgotten heart
Into a delirium of joy...
This sight a neverending revelation
A testament to a dream.....
I watch with growing horror
As the painting fades
Into another's sky
And the tears fall
The night wanes
And we awaken to the sounds
Of deception and false prophets.....
But I'm breathing again....
By Jasmine Johnson
Breathing in a way
Beyond the words
Capturing an ethereal dream
And drawing it close
We play together
Remembering the ardor of youth,
I fall into you......
Pushing away the will
To fight, to take, to create
With the music dripping
Into these flaccid veins
I draw forth a companion
From lilting harmony....
Shapes materialize in this dream
And I begin to see again.....
Her eyes, an imitation
Of the stars in paradise
Contrasting the velvet darkness
That covers her skin....
Holding the moon
Between her lips....
The hallucination binds me
I remain transfixed.....
And the aching returns
Moving this forgotten heart
Into a delirium of joy...
This sight a neverending revelation
A testament to a dream.....
I watch with growing horror
As the painting fades
Into another's sky
And the tears fall
The night wanes
And we awaken to the sounds
Of deception and false prophets.....
But I'm breathing again....