“Angel of Fantasy” by Eric Shaffer
Camel’s Lament (revisited)
unwrap time – as me, my own beast of burden
I am no longer knelt
so short
of this dreaming
so filled by your
image am I
my created soul bursting looks back
into me
seeing bubbles
like magma
relentlessly gushing
to form realities
felt in veins
and not merely
projected
upon clouds
as a screening
for proposals to the eyes
together we cry
marry me
that we become living
gasping-breath beings
willing sweet surrenders..
ride with and upon
my camel backed
harried self
these countless lifetimes
I’ve fallen
to you
with a heart throated high
singing
my mere mountain to your silken sky
even so!
bowing
in unquestioning love
you beg me
to finally
stand
~ Abdul ben Camel
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