Life Affinity

          Struck by the sight of his lady           He drew close to the spirit of beauty           Who shone from the bloom of her face           Melting his heart with her grace                       She gleamed like a gem from the stars           Whose lamps lit the kiss of that fire           That leapt from the dawn of all yearning           Feeding his love that was burning           As he saw the spirit in flesh           He knew th...

  Love is a thorny rose Who draws the sweetest blood Her bewildering sting Imparts a secret medicine The weeping of the heart Yields its own reward  Burning through the dawn Of this beautiful arrival Our passion roasts The Feast of Christ Mulling a wine to wet The fever of the lover's madness This haunting spell pulls us closer Through the unveiling of estrangement That arrow pierced my soul Until there was nothing left but You

In the waters, where the Naga lies My third eye and heart comprise A rainbow bridge, unto the sky In the waters, where the Naga lies Her wet embrace, imparts the wise A fleeting glimpse, of silk brown eyes This dragging deep, a fair surmise In the waters, where the Naga lies The flaming sea, which doth implies Another sight, I might devise To singing lights, which mind denies In the waters, where the Naga lies She held me tight, before the rise Of that gold sun, with fair allies To dance in joy, to love Most High In the waters, where the Naga lies