Eternal and Infinite

Eternal and Infinite

you have haunted me 

from childhood

guardian

beautiful lover

fire and lightning

blaze from your fingertips

surrounding my soul

in a feather's touch

you are my longings

that transcended dreams

vibrating

with the movement

of waves in moonlight

intoxicating

hypnotic pull

draws me

over endlessly 

headlong

into his sea

your creation

eternal and infinite seduction

are promises

you hold within your eyes

it lingers 

honeyed

on your lips

impossibly soft

waiting for the 

right 

moment

to steal my resolve

my body 

my past disappointments

opening my mouth

I breathe you in

great gulping breaths

becoming part of your sea

both of us

as one in the waves

Copyright 1999 - Louise Ann Stowell

Lost Lake

Ghosts Outside of the Glass - Copyright 2009 - Louise Ann Stowell - All Rights Reserved

Lost Lake

scattered out

bits blowing under dry oak debris

the dogs 

lick their bones

back to life

sinew stretching

in plumps to rip corruption

in the shallows

deep down white fingers

grasp

disjointed movement

suddenly scorched  by

sunlight piercing secret holes

the hidden dead withdraw

to their raven pools

skirted by slime and brambles

searching 

cloth and leather

tearing into living flesh

to raise scarlet ribbons 

the sand is alive

liquid

sucking

at legs and arms

craving the caress... carrion

never alone

buzzing clamor

greedily fattening

their pearlescent bulk

in his city of maggots 

no merry Jack is he

for children's stories

keeper of secrets

guardian of lost lake

Copyright 1995 - Louise Ann Stowell

Girl with the Smile

"Girl with the Smile" Altered Colorized Victorian Postcard - Copyright 2013 -  Louise Ann Stowell All Rights Reserved

Balloon Over Baghdad

Balloon over Baghdad - Copyright 2013 - Louise Ann Stowell  All Rights Reserved

Dancing on a Pin

Dancing on a Pin - Copyright 2013 - Louise Ann Stowell  - All Rights Reserved