Self-Portrait                                                               

 

Strange fire shimmering

In deep pools of forest green

Glint of madness sparkling

Like myriad stars

In smoldering eyes

 

Soft voice washing like gentle waves

With ethereal resonance

Words tangled like grapevines

Entwined in mismatched groups

 

Intimate intrusion

Of sensual seduction

With foreign customs

Whose eccentric persona

Repels tentative touches

 

Passing ghostlike

Through shadow world

Seeking flame of love

In stranger's eyes

Running in hot pursuit

Through the labyrinth of night