Bewitched and Beguiled

Stars glimmer in space as they have for eons of time

and a distant moon shines its mysterious light

and you my love lay torn and tattered at my feet

whose soul has slept and eyes have weeped

In sad illusions of mortal earth
you have eaten of fruit red and quite round
in a underworld of moral dead
seeking mysteries of a higher realm

 

I am here to save you, rapture you in life's glow

Oh, yes, you can pretend not to feel or savor my presence

but just the same you will know

for your new heartbeat will tell you so

 

as the winds of desire engulf your essence rushing in

Clinging to my power you now become my second skin

you cannot deny or disapprove

bewitched and beguiled are you

 

Yes you may struggle and try to shake loose

saying you will not submit to this goddess frame

yet your trembling body.mind and soul

quivers in burning embers to remain

 

not wanting to return to darkness

I'll enrapture you with love and light

Luring you into lust and temptation so sweet

A flaming love-high of which you'll eat

 

you won't want to abandon these acts of lust

giving in you know you must

responding in a spellbound trance

with open trust

 

the stars glimmer in space as they have for eons of time

and I'm still here

and you can pretend not to feel

but now you know you have been bewitched

 

 

 

Reviews

[Augustus]

Romance at its passionate best...a sense of grandeur blended expertly with a vibrant sensuality..weaving a web of love and lust through delicate words....
And there is triumph in the voice of the seductress as she encompasses the hapless lover with her ethereal charm...giving so much and leaving so much more longing...
As John Keats would say
"La belle Dame sans Merci
Hath thee in thrall"
A ravishingly beautiful poem and the painting accompanying it too, I might add...

[An owl on the moon]

There is an enchantment flowing through your words.. here in the darkness the shadowed illusions glimmer... I love the feel and flow of your words that paint vivid imagery of that bewitching hour.

[Ladysue]

love that last line... :) I agree with cowboy, the mix is explosive and you captured it strongly...nicely done.

[Wicahpi]

Oh I like this bewitching tale of immortality.
Fits the image well, dear Fran.

one little edit..next to last sentence
should be *to* feel ? :)

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[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

not wanting to return to darkness
I'll enraptured you with love and light
Luring you into lust and temptation so sweet
A flaming love-high of which you'll eat

The mix of love and passion always creates an eternal flame... what a powerful way to capture the essence of these two emotions colliding.