Oasis of Love
Poetry by Eric Rhodes
Copyright © 2009
Table of Contents
Lovers in Lake 1
The Slumber 2
A Glimpse 3
The Teacher 4
A Wake for the Ego 5
Fear 6
I breathe 7
Alone 8
Narcissist 9
Blanket of Faith 10
Bread of Life 11
I am a Mountain 12
Divine Wind 13
The Labyrinth 14
Maid of Erin 16
Mending Nets 17
Majestic Partner 18
Moving the Wind 19
My Lady 20
Symphony 21
Progress 22
The Temple 23
Scent of Myrrh 24
You & I 25
We danced in the Moonlight 26
The Anchorite 27
You say Run 28
Final Dance 29
Tobar na Sul 30
Fearing Death 31
Foundation 32
Judgment 33
Lesson 34
Man & Woman 35
Without a Word 36
Flowering 37
Wye 38
Soldiers Winter 39
Monsoon 40
Valley of Promise 41
Unknown Soldier 42
Heart of the Bud 44
Magic Carpet 43
The Meadow 45
Word of Thought 46
Salt into Water 47
Oasis of Love 48
Fall in Port Townsend 49
Desert of my Heart 50
Dancing in the Chaos 51
Come Home with Me 52
Broken Glass World 53
As I Fall 54
The Amphora 55
As the Veil Drops 56
Against a Dusky Sky 58
A Flower into the Night 59
Teardrops 60
Lovers in Lake
I swim,
in the light of the moon glade,
prying back the rusted shutters
of the night.
The water is deep
and I too exhausted to return
safely ashore.
I swim,
certain you beckoned me,
my lady of the lake,
into the shimmering reflection
of my faith.
You are elusive,
yet closer than I
and embrace me
like lovers,
as the water slowly drains
from my back
into the lake of night.
The Slumber
I am awakened from the long slumber,
my eyes now see,
my hands feel,
my heart loves.
Oh beautiful, I see your face,
forgiveness radiates outward
to those still asleep.
I beg your sweet forgiveness
that I slept so long.
Oh lover, your touch fulfills me.
The hunger I feel is endless,
yet always filled.
You are an endless cauldron of wine
and I am drunk with your taste.
Oh sweetness, your breath is my warmth.
A Glimpse
I have long heard poems recited
and songs sung
of your veiled beauty,
my beloved.
Lingering in the fragrant garden,
just beyond the walls,
your music calls me
like smoke to the evening sky.
No longer could I take
your enticing vision,
I have scaled your walls
and bled amongst the thorns,
just to smell your roses
blooming within.
Oh glorious lover, you have slain me
with but a glimpse of the shadow
from your eyes,