To open up totally

To open up totally

is to give up all me and mine

my body of baggage,

my peaks of joy and

my valleys of secret;

to open up totally

is to wait for the clouds to clothe you

flowers to fill you with fragrance

the light to lift you

and the stars to steal you.

Verse: Aliashesh

Prosperity

Do not count my wealth in dollars, gems and jewels
What I received from the sun, the sands, the sea
and the hills, the hurricanes, the heat and the dust;
I took it to the heart of hearts
and everything - the hurts, the aches, the warmth, the hugs-
melted and gathered in the clear morning dew.
Do not count my wealth, for it is yours to share.

Verse by Aliashesh

Image by Anatoliy Kalugin

Emma

I haven't seen you,

but I have seen into you.

I haven't met you,

but I have met with you.

You are the essence

the soul

the pinnacle

of womanhood -

strong and vulnerable,

beauty and flesh,

compassion and generosity

of every turn and twist of

your lovely body

and

the never-ending torture of

your limitless passion.

The only way

to live is

away from you

and

yet never far -

in words, lines

sketches and images.