Poetry By: MYTILENE, POET UNKNOWN


{One Kiss} {Desire} {How to Love Her} {Najara} {Her Hands} {Marriage} {Xena's Poem}
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ONE KISS

        IT ONLY TOOK ONE KISS

TO MAKE ME SHUDDER WITH BLISS.

       YOUR LIPS AS SOFT AS VELVET

MADE MY COLD HEART MELT,
        AS THEY PASSIONATELY POSSESED MINE.

YOUR TASTE AS SWEET AS  VINTAGE WINE.

 

ONLY ONE KISS SENT MY HEAD A-REELING
         I NEVER EXPERIENCED SUCH A FEELING.

OUR TONGUES SET OUR MOUTHS ON FIRE

        AS WE WERE CONSUMED BY A  BURNING DESIRE.

EACH OTHERS SENSES DID WE DEVOUR;

        TO YOU I SURRENDERED ALL MY POWER.

 

ONE KISS TURNED MY LIFE AROUND.   

           GABRIELLE, TO YOU AM I FOREVER BOUND

YOU CONQUERED A WARRIOR WITH YOUR LOVE,

IN YOUR TENDER HANDS THE HAWK BECAME A DOVE.

 

       ONE SINGLE KISS CHANGED OUR DESTINY

TOGETHER WE'LL BE FOR ALL ETERNITY.   

{Desire} {How to Love Her} {Najara}
{Her Hands} {Marriage} {Xena's Poem}{top of page}

 

                                                                         DESIRE

                         THERE IS A LONGING IN MY SOUL WHICH I DARE NOT EXPRESS.

                         A YEARNING SO GREAT, I 'M AFRAID MY HEART IT WILL BREAK!

                         A BURNING DESIRE WHICH CONSUMES ALL MY THOUGHTS

                         AND TORMENTS ME EVEN IN MY DEEPEST DREAMS.

 

                         AT NIGHT, I AWAKEN COVERED IN A COLD SWEAT.

                         TREMBLING AM I , FROM HEAD TO TOE.

                         MY HEART POUNDS WILDLY IN MY BREAST.

                         I FEAR IT WILL BREAK OPEN MY  CHEST.

 

                         WITH EACH HEARTBEAT, MY SEX THROBS.

                         PLEASE DON'T LET HER HEAR MY SOBS.                          

                         FOR ONCE I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO,

                         AFRAID TO MOVE LEST I SHOULD WAKE YOU.

                         AND THEN YOU WOULD SEE THE LUST IN EYES

                         AND HEAR THE PASSION IN MY SIGHS.

 

                         FEAR NOT, LITTLE BARD, YOUR INNOCENCE I SHALL NOT RAVISH.

                         MY LOVE FOR YOU UNDER THE GUISE OF FRIENDSHIP SHALL I HIDE.

                         NO ONE MUST KNOW THAT A VOLCANO RUMBLES IN MY HEART.

                         LEAST OF ALL YOU, THE FAIREST MAIDEN OF THEM ALL.

{One Kiss} {How to Love Her} {Najara}
{Her Hands} {Marriage} {Xena's Poem}{top of page}

 

                                                            HOW TO LOVE HER?

 

                                HOW SHOULD I LOVE HER?

                                         SOMETIMES I SIT BY THE FIRE AND WONDER.

                                         SHOULD I TAKE HER LIKE A WARRIOR,

                                         AND SWIFTLY MAKE HER MINE?

                                         OR SHOULD I WOO HER WITH FLOWERS,

                                         FRAGRANT OFFERINGS TO A VESTAL VIRGIN ?

                                       

                                         SHALL I PRETEND NOT TO SEE HER

                                         AS SHE BATHES IN THE MOONLIT LAKE ?

                                         OR SHALL I SWIM UP TO HER GLISTENING BODY

                                         AND SLIP BETWEEN HER LEGS LIKE A STARVING EEL ?!!

 

                                        SHOULD I SOFTLY PRESS MY LIPS AGAINST HER MOUND

                                        TO SLOWLY BREATHE IN HER SWEET AROMA ?

                                        OR SHOULD I DEVOUR HER LUSCIOUS RUBYFRUIT

                                        LIKE I WOULD A HANDFUL OF JUICY RASPBERRIES ?

 

                          HOWEVER I DECIDE TO LOVE HER, MY AMAZON PRINCESS,

                                           I'LL DO IT FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

                                           I'LL DO IT WITH MY EYES, MY HANDS, MY MOUTH.

                                           I'LL DO IT  TENDERLY AND PASSIONATELY;

                                           LOVINGLY , TRUTHFULLY, AND TRUSTINGLY .

                                           MY BODY WILL BE HERS TO DO AS SHE PLEASES;

                                           MY MIND AND ALL ITS THOUGHTS WILL BELONG TO HER.

                                           MY DESTINY AND HERS WILL BE ONE .

                          HOW SHOULD I LOVE HER ?

                          ONLY AS FIERCELY AS SHE LOVES ME!!!!

{One Kiss} {Desire} {Najara}
{Her Hands} {Marriage} {Xena's Poem}{top of page}

 

 

NAJARA

           NAJARA!!

                 WHERE ARE YA??

                  I KNOW YOU FOOLED HER WITH YOUR LIES

                  AND I CAN'T CONSOLE HER AS SHE CRIES.

                  YOU LED HER  TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE GOOD,

                   BUT YOU DIDN'T DO WHAT YOU SAID YOU WOULD.

                  YOU KILLED THOSE WHO WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE LIGHT

                   MURDERING THEM WITHOUT GIVING THEM A FAIR FIGHT.

 

                  YOU SEDUCED HER WITH YOUR TALK OF HOLINESS

                   ONLY USING HER TO SQUELCH YOUR TERRIBLE LONLINESS.

                   THINKING I WAS NO GOOD FOR HER, I LEFT HER WITH YOU

                   FOR I BELIEVED ALL THE DJINN TOLD YOU WAS TRUE.

                   BUT YOU FOOLED ME AS WELL AS YOU DID COUNTLESS OTHERS,

                   THOSE POOR FOOLS YOU CALL YOUR SPIRITUAL BROTHERS !

  

                   NAJARA !!

                           WHERE ARE YA ?!!

                                     YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM MY WRATH.

                                      I AM HELLBENT ON MY PATH.

                                     YOUR PRIDE I WILL BREAK;

                                     YOUR LIFE I WILL TAKE,

                                     AND TO YOUR FARCE I'LL PUT AN END.

                                     YOUR SOUL TO HADES WILL I SEND!!!

                                      

                                        YOU SOILED HER INNOCENCE WITH YOUR LIES AND YOUR DIRTY MIND;

                                        BUT I WILL BATHE HER WITH MY LOVE, AND WITH ME, PEACE WILL SHE FIND.

{One Kiss} {Desire} {How to Love Her}
{Her Hands} {Marriage} {Xena's Poem}{top of page}

 

 

HER HANDS

 

HER HANDS:STRONG AND FIRM,
GRIP THE SWORD AND SWING IT POWERFULLY,
SOMETIMES WOUNDING; SOMETIMES KILLING.

HER HANDS;CALLOUSED AND SCARRED,
QUICK TO CUT OFF YOUR LIFESUPPLY,
SOMETIMES RELEASING;SOMETIMES NOT.

HER HANDS IN BATTLE-HER HANDS IN WAR
THROWING THE CHAKRAM, NEVER MISSING ITS MARK;
MADE FOR BREAKING BONES AND SMASHING HEADS;
ONCE BATHED IN BLOOD, NOW WASHED CLEAN.

THOSE SAME HANDS...
TREMBLE WHEN THEY TOUCH MY FACE
SHAKE WHEN THEY STROKE MY HAIR.
THE HANDS OF MY WARRIOR...

ARE TO ME, THE INSTRUMENTS OF HER LOVE,
THE VESSELS OF HER TENDERNESS,AND,
THE OBJECTS OF MY INSPIRATION.

{One Kiss} {Desire} {How to Love Her} {Najara}
{Marriage} {Xena's Poem}{top of page}

 

 

MARRIAGE

 

ON THIS NIGHT, TO LOVE YOU FOREVER, I VOW.
WITH THE PALE MOON AS OUR ONLY WITNESS AND
A THOUSAND SHINING STARS, OUR ONLY GUESTS.
I KNEEL BEFORE YOU, MY SWEET GABRIELLE,
AND AT YOUR FEET I LAY MY SWORD,
AS IN YOUR HANDS I PLACE MY HEART.
MY LOVE IS YOURS,TO DO AS YOU PLEASE;
MY LIFE IS NOTHING WITHOUT YOU BY MY SIDE.
TO GROW OLD TOGETHER IS ALL I DESIRE.
THAT YOU ALWAYS BE THE SPARK THAT LIGHTS MY FIRE,
AND I, THE FIERCE GUARDIAN OF YOUR DREAMS.

ON THIS NIGHT, TAKE ME AS YOUR SPOUSE
THOUGH I OFFER YOU A BLANKET AS OUR BED
AND THE NEVERENDING ROAD AS OUR HOME.
TAKE MY HAND AND HAVE NO FEAR,
I SHALL NEVER LET YOU FALL, MY DEAR
.
AND WHEN HADES COMES A-CALLING
GLADLY WILL I FOLLOW, FOR I KNOW
THAT SOMETIME, SOMEWHERE....
WE WILL BE TOGETHER AGAIN.

{One Kiss} {Desire} {How to Love Her} {Najara}
{Her Hands} {Xena's Poem}{top of page}

 

 

XENA'S POEM


WHATEVER DOES THIS YOUNG MAIDEN SEE IN ME?
AND WHAT IS THAT SPECIAL LIGHT IN HER EYES?
REALLY DOES SHE WANT TO FOLLOW ME,
READY TO STAND UNFALTERING BY MY SIDE?
I SUDDENLY FIND MYSELF LOST IN THAT ADORING GAZE
OR DROWNING IN A FLOOD OF NEVERENDING CHATTER!
REACTIONS I NEVER KNEW I POSESSED SCARE ME,
BUT HER BELIEF IN MY GOODNESS CHASES THE DEMONS AWAY.
AND SOMETHING IN HER MERRY LAUGHTER SETS MY HEAD
REELING, LIKE AN OUT OF CONTROL CHAKRAM
DIRECTING ME TO MY TARGET: HER OPEN, LOVING ARMS!!!!!!!!!

 

{One Kiss} {Desire} {How to Love Her} {Najara}
{Her Hands} {Marriage} {top of page}