R.E.A.L.
By Stranger
You awaken at night
In the garden of our Lord and Lady
As you rise, you hear the music
Of violins and flutes vibrating off of
The leaves and flowers that surround you
You realize that you have forgotten your name
You look down in the moonlight
At the robe covering your bare skin
It is red and gold, the colors of royalty
You think: perhaps I am a princess
A breeze carrying the scent of lilies takes you by the hand
And walks you through the foliage
To the edge of a lake
That is as vast and motionless
As a mountain that has melted
You look down at your reflection
And see me standing behind you
You turn to look
But there is only the fragrance of lilies
You look back at my image trapped beneath the stillness
Our eyes meet
My gaze becomes a vine encircling your ankle
The voice of my breath whispers in your ear:
"Come into the lake
Where my words will have lips
And my love can know the ache of flesh"
You let your robe fall to the ground
Your body is the color of olives ripening
Naked, you feel a chill that causes
Your elbows and your knees to pull towards each other
You feel the vine moving up the inside of your thigh
A heartbeat begins to throb in your toes
It rises up through the bones in your legs
And guides the vine inside you
Adrenaline loosening its entrance
It swells as it fills you
Causing your muscles to bloom with heat
And your balance to fail
You let go of the ground, letting yourself fall
But more vines wrap around your limbs and your torso
And lower you, like strong arms, into the lake
Touching its surface
You shudder as if from water that is too cold
Or unclean
But it is warm
And it passes through you like sunlight
As you dissolve into me
***
When you wake
It is day
You are wearing peasants clothes
You remember your name
And our Lord's and Lady's
And mine
You return to the work of tending the garden
And smile
Because you know that it was real
Comments on " R.E.A.L."
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On Wednesday, May 13, 2020, tonebone
(51) wrote:
this is really an awesome piece also. you have the ability to step outside yourself and create something completely outside your realm, or perhaps it's completely within.
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On Tuesday, July 1, 2008, Aurora_Light
(472) wrote:
I thought this was a masterpeice when i read it the very first time and my opinion has not changed in the past 5 years. the imagery is great and leaves just enough to the imagination, I miss you
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On Tuesday, March 2, 2004, Mistress Morbid
(405) wrote:
My heart is pounding too fast to say much....wow...
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On Friday, November 21, 2003, blackdarkness
(228) wrote:
I cant belive i didnt read this yet!!! I love it.....
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On Thursday, November 20, 2003, UnsilentMajority
(19) wrote:
it flows good it sounds good its great i like it you should try short stories...
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On Thursday, September 11, 2003, OLd SouL
(734) wrote:
thanks for the trip. forgot where I was for a minute, which was very refreshing.
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A former member wrote:
Guess who :)
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On Tuesday, September 2, 2003, Blinded_Tiger
(518) wrote:
It is great to see such artistic work here. I admire your perspective, as I do your imagination(Is it the same?). Tiger
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On Friday, August 29, 2003, maddin foxxxy
(358) wrote:
This is by farthest the greatest taste of fantasy and reality in a wonderful written work....I found myself there...without being woken from the loveliest of dreams..very nicely done.
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On Friday, August 29, 2003, Aurora_Light
(472) wrote:
a tale i wish i could live but it is so far from my reach, great write i loved it
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On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, The Fallen Angel
(235) wrote:
A lovely tale +Fallen One+
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, A Velvet Tongue
(436) wrote:
I am breathless and spent on the beautiful visions and silken words that have filled me whilst reading this..you have stolen my breath this eve, and I can only repay you by adding you to the list! I am utterly moved!!
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, SnowQueen
(59) wrote:
wow... this poem hypnotized me right from the beginning. I truly love this... It left me feeling like I’d tasted perfection and my mind is longing for more Stranger, never stop writing, I look forward to every piece you write.
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, urbanhumility
(1175) wrote:
the essence of nature bound with "the"sexual nature,somthing different but i like. you speak of what the subconcious might "seam" together while making love, you have done well my friend........urban
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, Jonas
(720) wrote:
drowning dying slipping sliding some fantastic fantasy, some dream come and gone though not lost... love or lust? ... nice touch with the tentacles by the by... very hentai, me like.
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, anathema
(50) wrote:
::giggles:: i was just watching La Blue Girl... and i thought of tentacles too... but this is pretty, more pagan, more magical... this isn't porn, this is the eroticism in the scent of fresh earth and trickling rain... the sensuality in nature...
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, Dancing_Monkey
(1246) wrote:
really good.. im deeply impressed.. Monkey
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, hate_doll
(265) wrote:
amazing flow...truly loverly...I think she'll get the message...hee hee...read perfectly...you're not one my favorites for nothing! ;)
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, Six-Out
(1435) wrote:
I'm sure whoever this is written to will get the message loud and clear. Great write stranger, I love it.
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, SalemLex
(25) wrote:
Beautiful poem. It flows wonderfully and you use your words in the best ways possible. Truely great imagery.
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A former member wrote:
my words exactly, very lovely
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, _Andrew_
(245) wrote:
materful write, i only didnt like how so many emotions were bunched up so tightly, reminded me of living in london england :P, don't get me wrong, this piece was beautiful, i just felt that some emotion was lost in this which makes me envious *~*aNDReW*~*
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On Monday, August 25, 2003, Abbyernathie
(61) wrote:
that is an awesome poem. it has great flow. great write