So many of you beautiful ladies at AD have been my readers and encouragers, even when I am absent for long periods of time. I am writing a collection of poems that are dedicated to you. These are my gifts to you, not only for your support but in tribute to the unique and wonderful woman each of your are. This one is for Lady Vesna

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FLAME

For Lady Vesna

within her soul the flame wildly burns
and calls to the other half of its power
she knows what she knows and living
with its drudgery and disappointment
can never extinguish her hidden flames
as an oasis of love in a desert of want
her hands extend to grasp the hands
of her memory across time and distance
never has her spirit entertained despair
or forgotten the touch of the one lover
who still navigates her sea of passion
and invigorates her focused yearning
a flame of desire, an intense expression
of all that is worthy to be remembered
searched for and expected to return
she pours out her heart to the universe
expecting its depths to be filled yet again
with the only love worth living, dying for
she is half of a whole dimension of desire
graceful beauty reflected in her every feature
bold determination held sacred in her soul



DJA 3/10/2011


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