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dreampoet 84M
621 posts
9/2/2015 11:03 pm

Last Read:
9/4/2015 5:21 am

Sinner and Saint.


Sinner and Saint.

When I look at you
This humble Earth which sustains me
This reasonable flat, this solid rounding, this haven
Which has my feet to a grinding wheel’s tread
That keep’s control of all mind’s faculties
And to a fix of moral conscience
But when I look at you and love you
Then I lose my stand on earth’s surface
I am then lost of all my good nature
That I lose my grip of gravity’s energy
And torn from the magnetic force of harmony
To be cast out into a space of time and place

When I look at you I know emotion’s move
The drifting of an eternity, an illusion of passion
That I drop down to countless rhythm’s of music
Which are disjointed and raucous
Then up to a choral sweetening of angels
So I know the power of a high heaven
And the brimstone of fire’s hell

Your look, it makes me both Sinner and Saint
Equal proportions of both, a moral efficiency
And feelings of such loose morality
That each, to account, plays a stage of high drama
As a Saint, I make you saintly in terms of love
Which can only heighten you to a light of adoration
And preserves the natural spirit of womanhood
But… When the devil is within, the Sinner
Then I am to the devil born and all hell breaks loose

And this passion brings out such lust
Which carries us down to the bowels of Hades
Where even shadows fear to cast themselves
And where we die in a petite morte
The writhing of little death, ridden on wild horses
And the Sinner becomes the devil incarnate
Until heaven calls and we are to a drift
Upwards and soft to it all, to a calming peace
To a soft composure...
Until I look at you once again


Rocketship 79F
18565 posts
9/3/2015 1:28 pm

Ahhh.... but that 'petite mort' is sensually delicious! How can that make folks sinners!!

Mmmmmm......
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dreampoet replies on 9/3/2015 10:44 pm:
Ah, Rocket, my friend... I have to report that I saw the phrase the other day and I'm not sure I know what it means. I guessed it was some kind of appetizer and from your expression, 'Petite Morte' is certainly something to be eaten! Thank you for clearing that up for me!
I'm glad that you liked the write and for commenting...