wearing the Noh mask

 


look at me


 

sighing with perception

 

that circle endurance
ascending to promise
then grabs
aching

 

and
piercing
here are the moods

 

of

 

wearing the Noh mask

 

 

 

look at me


restrained in the pose of this prose
white mask captured
with the grin
of demise

 

lush parted lips

 

taste the heat

 

in these smoky feelings

 

tinted in trips
listening to soft mantras

 


look at me


 

descending towards
an invitation of embrace

 


look at me


 

taste the hunger
on the tip
of the tongue
feeling full quakes
of a beating heart

 

 

 

look at me


 

dream like

 

hungry with promises
of charms that lie beneath
drawing desire from a binding
believing every lie

 

captivated

 

mysterious limbs tangle

 

more burning

 

fevers rush in fiery force

 

ascending higher
a bursting climax
the sounds and movements

 

of dancing in the flames

 

seared and then reduced

 

in the smoldering afterglow
now the wind blows

 

the ashes of the fire
are strewn
and then forgotten


 

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