Paradise Dreaming

paradise dreaming
colourful birds in my visual field
autumn delight

jewels of hope
on the long road to utopia
the sound of flowers

a touch of destiny in the moist hour
as true love
blossoms over the rainbow

you sing my name with
lips of fire
blessing my days with love and affection

behold the surprising texture of your longing
your lust and desire
tears and laughter in the shadows of dreaming

the essence of your beauty runs
through my veins
shaping my fecund dreams forever



© Lawrence T. Udo-Ekpo

Fragrant Light

with a flash of inspiration
i walk
like a lonely lion
in the woods of time
flirting with autumn
and
savouring
the
dream
in the wondrous landscape of hope
i think of you in silence
as i explore
the labyrinth
of desire
in the fragrant light of dawn



© Lawrence T. Udo-Ekpo