Obstacles To Ecstasy Poem by Barry Middleton

schemes that try to capture me
are obstacles to ecstasy

as ecstasy without disguise
does not reside in breathless sighs

and this is true of love's deceit
whichever costume we entreat

he of rippling muscled shoulder
or she in dance a trifle bolder

endless passions we beseech
should be a lesson that we teach

to all who would possess a soul
life is the only shinning goal

life is the essence of ecstasy
the breath of every mystery

a season and the touch of a hand
only a moment in vanishing sand