Leander Poem by Barry Van Asten

Leander



Down below the waves that keep
My restless heart so incomplete;
Wet with kisses from the deep:
Swim with monster fuel, my sweet,
Through the blue energy of aqua-sleep -
Drawn by darkness and defeat!

Let the pearly chambers of your heart be still -
Caress the cool suspension of liquid blue,
Where the dead dance by a dim lit oracle...
A brain burst of baptism shall subdue
And kiss the dark reaches of worlds that chill
The soul that's cleansed and born anew!

And in submerged sensuality, she
Is leaving her dread decline;
Under the rolling, galleon-haunted sea,
By the light of an incandescent shrine;
Under the water's dorsil-finned beauty
Beneath the black bewitching brine!

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Barry Van Asten

Barry Van Asten

Birmingham, England
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