ENVELOPING: Reflections on the Rise & Fall of Desire

	surrounded by seas of desire
	and currents of passion stronger
	than I can resist, I'm swept by
	waves of oblivion
	as the sea's astringent salinity
	pierces my nipples and its harsh brine
	penetrates these lips.

	countless times
	the tides have changed
	and with each rise and fall
	different beings claiming to be "I" 
	manifest again & again

	there –
	in a state of perfect madness
	inhibition becomes
	but a memory
	as boundaries break
	and thighs implode

	Dare to dissolve all fantasy
	& Merge in the Waters at Night!

	Dare to enter that place
	of ultimate dissolution
	& endless elusion –
	a sacred place of
	Great Delight


Bai-Luo: This author should remember the words of great sages such as Krishna. 
         Passion may seem sweet at first, but it's bitter in the end.

Cindy:   Too much of anything is probably unwise. Sometimes I have "drowned" 
         in feelings of love. However, it doesn't last. Eventually we all sober up. 

Aiko:    (raising an eyebrow) . . . you sound so confident about that. 


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from _Love Poems: Nonsense from the Heart_  
SUMMARY: Some thoughts about passion, desire, oblivion, and insanity.
KEYWORDS: perfect madness, seas of desire, passion, desire, oblivion, love poetry

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955)
Begun: 1996 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2019 in Yokohama, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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