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| Stefan Bohdan |
If I could I would …
reach up into the night sky
rearrange the stars with a poetic hand
until it is written in fire on the vault of
heaven
that you are mine
and I am yours
until the end of time.
If it were allowed in your land …
for west to pursue east
and east to pursue west
we would chase each other’s hearts
around the fire of love
until I catch you
and you catch me
orange sparks winged glow and swirl
ignite the black night bright.
In my dream undying …
inside a stone temple carved for our love
twin flames naked burn
on a bed of rose petals spread
a god’s goddess unveiled
from ringed toes and ringed nose to vermilion
head
stripped down to nothing but tradition’s scars
her old gold and silken threads red
an offering at the foot of my bed
two arranged into one flesh
a beautiful thing a violent thing
our lovemaking a sacred dream
in a field of yellow flowers blooming
under the fiery stars of her ancestors
the prayer wheels spin and sing
ancient mantras that repeat like snowy mountains
ancient mantras that echo of our wedding song:
The Fire of Love ~
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Stefan Bohdan lives in Orlando, Florida USA. He is retired from the architectural/engineering/construction world. He now spends his time writing poems and novels. His English poems have been published in multiple books, anthologies, journals, newspapers, e-zines and translated into Persian (Farsi), Arabic, Urdu, Nepali, Hindi, Bengali, Estonian, French, Spanish, old Japanese, Dutch, Afrikaans, Turkish, Italian, Malayalam, Assamese, Tamil, Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Hebrew, Filipino, Hiligaynon and Kinaray-a. He also writes reviews for poetry books. He is internationally published and has collaborated with poets, translators and artists from around the world. He is the founder of Third Eye Butterfly Press.
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