Eric Rhodes

Crowned by the lightness
of your touch,
as you lift my chalice
to your lips,
...

Divorced of repression
I am now free to show my love for you,
which shakes and heaves this temple
with waves of endless sorrow.
...

I watch the rain as it sways
in gusts,
like the curtains on the window.
Damp is everywhere,
...

Night comes in with a shy reluctance
and is allowed to stay in this village,
but only for so long.
Before night can get comfortable
...

You have come to me so late
I have nearly died inside,
withered under the weight of evening frost.
...

Sigh of the Sea

Sometimes it's fleeting,
like the glitter of phosphorescence
...

I know, my love,
I am tested here in pleasure
like a drunkard in a wine cellar.
Wearing only my soft skin,
...

At times when my ego
is disillusioned with its lot
and screams out in surrender,
they are the moments, my love,
...

I follow the leaf with my eyes
as it haphazardly floats
its' final journey.
It was the last leaf for the willow
...

I have become incense,
lit by the flame of love
for my beloved.
My soul streams forth
...

Under a muffled gray sky
you rise like the morning sun
stretching from the horizon
with amber rays against a dusky night.
...

Resting
in the crisp autumn
air of humanity,
my heart sings
...

Maybe I am nearsighted,
I always had trouble
seeing you in the distance.
At least I thought
...

With intentions set,
secured by the taught
ropes of my will,
I am pushed towards my goal
...

When I feel the softness of your skin
pressing against me, my love,
I understand how easy it could be
to follow you home.
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Like a kite,
dancing on your breath,
firmly in your grasp,
certain I cannot fall.
...

With the intoxicated zeal of youth
I ran to the desert,
excommunicating myself
from the world.
...

With the naive arrogance of success
I stepped to the cliff edge.
confident, I wore my intellectual
reason like a cloak of invincibility.
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After keeping my heart
locked away like a ruby
in a safe box,
I see the reason
...

Before the sun hits Snow Creek
I am there,
ready for the hunt
with my luminescent
...