Temptation

Inception
A comforting haze mask time passed as dream, or perhaps reality.
Was it a look that triggered a memory from the past?
A simple glance that stops the heart and makes the mind race in search of the what, the why, the when.
Something so familiar and within grasp, but fear lay in wait if truth is sensed.

Inquisition
“Have we met before?”

Slide of hand
“I don’t think so…”

Boundaries are drawn like clouds around mountain peaks.
Tread lightly but pursue as you wish.
Crumbs perused into neat piles but not brushed off.

Transition
A day passed, or was it a week, month, or year?
Trust lay forth to bridge the hearts of wandering souls that sought no refuge or respite from oppression.
Rules of the game are known and yet written as played.
Shadow footfalls with no echo.

Revelation
A simple, innocent touch that meant nothing but appreciation raised question in both hearts.
A room of noise and ignorance silenced instantly by pulses of joining spirits beating as one.
The gentleness of contact....breaths........confirmation.
A casual glance gave reassurance.
Eyes warming - glazing as each peer into the other’s soul.
No word is dare uttered.
Not for fear of shame.
Not for retribution.
Not for exhilaration.
Look away...

Reverence
Nubile innocence aged to nobility.
The example is known and respected. Obeyed, if not with pure hatred.
Boundaries traversed by ignorance reap two fold.
Run away.
If light will not lens a path, then darkness swallow this dawn now!

Providence
Harmony of expectation.
Determination of wills.
Swirling maelstrom steering truth to the unguided.

Empyrean
Gentle steps on clouds.
Caress of a breeze that tingles every hair.
Intangibles satiated like tidal rise and ebbing.
Slowly.................ever so slowly.
Unspoken yet known.
Flush with passion ablaze from every pore.
Boundaries of self are consumed in obsession.
Touch.
Taste.
And yet time will not bear the cross to falter.

Infinity
Passing comets at gravity’s mercy and will.
Brilliant displays in sight to the gifted and yet hidden by the luminous sun each circle.
Further away each minute.
Pre-determined paths set by unyielding forces that pull them apart.
No good-byes.
Only a gentle touch to say we shared time.........