Quest For My Heritage
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I am here at the Acropolis, to embrace my past in the dust
and cool stones beneath my feet, inflamed with Her Glory.
The Acropolis, high point in Athens, enshrines
the Parthenon, temple of Athena, Goddess of wisdom.
Athena proudly oversees her lands, 
maternal home to me.
Majestically She soars towards the heavens.
Mind peels back the centuries.
Her beauty comes alive!
The Mediterranean world
prods the imagination.
The Golden Age is revisited! 
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In this cradle of learning,
footsteps echo;
voices of philosophers still whisper.
Socrates’ sand slips through my fingers.
Homers poetry lives.
Greek plays enrich and inspire.
AH! Urania,
namesake to her, I now descend
sixty steps plunging in to her mystery.
In darkness I embrace my heritage,
hallowed land, where gods walked
among the mortals of another time.
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Autumn Twilight
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Shadows cast an autumn twilight.
Reflections of the past dwell deep,
with the echo of dolphin sounds
that utter whispers of your name
in a silence heavy as stone.
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Wild roses are now in full bloom.
I inhale, deeply, the fragrance
of desire that once filled my heart,
pulled at the fabric of life
until only a thread was left,
now dies in the walls of my soul.
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My mind unfolds a strange mixture
of fantasy and reality.
Passion caught between two winds
of emptiness; cold and hollow,
yet consumed by a sense of warmth.
.
I turn away and feel
your residue on my skin.
I vanish, only to leave my
reflection in the rippling waters.


Cool Rapture
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He holds the tenor sax as he would a lover
Wet lips to the reed, he caresses the keys.
With pulsating, heavy breath he play's
unleashing desires hidden in his mind.
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Hypnotic blues seduce the soul,
indulge the senses with every note.
Master of mood and meaning,
the horn prevails, relentless, consuming.
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Music that crawls inside you, 
rhythmically, uninhibited, owning your heart,
pushing the urgency to live life to the limit, 
discover the light of the dark side.                                                                  .  
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Slowly defused, emotions and energy subsides,
memory lingers and wraps with love,
leaving him satisfied, in harmony
with heaven's melodic cords
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Rhapsody, tempered by the cool of a whiskey.
Promise of a quiet sleep.
He lights a cigarette and blows a smoke-ringed sigh.
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"It's Jazz...  You either dig it or you don't ."



Until Life's Last moment
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I'll be the whisper you want to hear.
The one you long for not far but near.
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I'll be your voice whenever you call.
I'll hear your cry from deep in your soul.
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I'll be your desire, your hope your dream
Your fantasies too no matter how hard it may seem
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I'll mend your heart when sad and broken
with love and care and words unspoken
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I'll hold your tears whenever you cry
in the palm of my hand as the years go by.
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I'll be your strength should you ever feel
that all is lost and you need to heel
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I'll be your thoughts so you can find
a path to serenity, peace of mind
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I'll be your eyes when you no longer see
I'll hold you close so close to me
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I'll be there always to cover your fears
with a blanket of love till they all disappear
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I will love you forever with each beat of my heart
I'll be yours only, with prayers we never part.
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When silence comes and your no longer aware
My Love, wherever you go, I too will be there.




L’ AMOUR EST MORT
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My legacy to you sweet liaison.
Cries from the core are
etched in my heart,
a masterpiece.
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You rocked my mind with words.
Captivated me. Placed desert sand
In my hands to keep me warm,
Blew stars in my eyes so they would shine.
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You reached in your heart, tore apiece out,
placed it in the emptiness of mine.
My world, a small paradise.
Nothing else matters.
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But, love is not a guarantor.
I felt the grains slip through my fingers.
Jewels lose their luster.
I stand empty 
Love dies in your shadow