Absinthe

Absinthe-soaked eyes cheat despair
in drowsy green tides of vertigo
men have sought rare divinities fair
such, I discovered in the only shape I know

smoking fountains I shall gulp by storm
‘til shadows kiss the bitter clouds gone
In such strong spirits, you take eternal form
translucent…timeless…untouched by the sun

Let my straying arms shape your waist
disrobing you of inanimateness
to those lascivious lips, allow me a taste
to smooth away our hearts’ distress
alive as my fingers trace your flesh
streaming ecstasy in your gracile frame
free from the sober mortal mesh
Life replies intimately to your name
a finer mentor than the blood I shed
a vow to express what can’t be sweetly said

I love you, my sweet, seek not why
an unpassioned beauty is life if we part
Absinthe-shut eyes shan’t weave lies
but translate the prose of my heart