Eternal Crossings Poem by John Duffy

When
The bright fireflies
Enlightened the black
Stygian darkness

I ran

Running like thunder
Into the darkest of September nights
With my mind's eyes firmly
Fixed upon you

In the distance

With your bedroom lights
Burning so bright

What strange power has
Compelled me to love
You so

What has summoned
This taste of paradise that
Burns so deep

Like a volcano's burning hot
Pyre

For inside I now
Smile
Forever

Always aglow

That hint of a shimmer of
Paradise
Within your dark eyes

Makes a mans beating heart and
Soul weep

For
I'm only made of
Flesh and blood

Especially whenever
I feel lonely and emotionally
Weak

But your seductive words
And hypnotic powers
Just lift me up and
Drive me wild

Your spells upon my indomitable
Soul
Cast upon me
Do beguile

For inside and behind
Your delicate eyes
I know

There's a white room
Filled with candles and
A black leather chair where
I only exist

It's a place
I send my gift
From the Almighty

My soul
Nightly

To stand safe
Within this strange
Worlds

Ever-swirling dark mists

For whenever these old
Emotional tears quietly fall
In this Stygian darkness

What your eyes cannot fathom
But I think deep
Down you understand

I'll always belong
To just thee

Copyright John Duffy 2019