Ravensong Poetry And Writing Blog by Donovan Baldwin

By Donovan Baldwin

Wiping blank the destinies once made

An old memory at twilight dies...

An echo of a time we two once knew,

Flickers in the depths of lover's eyes

Somewhere in some ancient unknown land,

At long lost oasis caravans well met,

A tale began which stood the test of time,

Two who knew they were fated and yet...

Though fingers read their secrets,

And lips spoke love without a word,

Love embraced love the ancient way,

Till gasps and heartbeats could be heard...

Destiny moved on, tore them apart,

Destroying kiss and touch and mad embrace,

Mere memories remained of what passed there,

And time moved in to fill the empty space.

Though their world dissolved, apart they lived

And died, from lip to ear the story ages passed,

Reminding lovers of the pleasures of that night,

Till we found each other once again at last.

Copyright December 16, 2023 by Donovan Baldwin

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By: Donovan Baldwin

Sweet music softly coaxed
From old guitars,
Strummed and stroked
Gently
To ancient island rhythms
Of sea and sand,
Wind and wave,
Punctuated by
The cries of a single gull lost,
Somewhere over the black water.
The moon paints a silver pathway
Across the water to this mystic shore,
Where dances,
Swaying slowly,
Provocatively,
In ancient and age old pattern,
A magic woman whose body,
Turns music into movement.
The movement becomes message,
The message a love story...
Ours,
As, with smiling eyes, and sensuous step,
Graceful swirl, reminiscent of
The gentle midnight touches of the sea upon the shore...
She dances only for me
Naked in the sacred light of our moon.

- Donovan Baldwin
January 2, 2019

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