Through the mist I reach
Blindly, feeling small,
Feeling something dangerous
Lingering in the air.

Emotions drift in waves
Of vibrating presentiment;
My heart slams into motion,
Beating a path down my spine.

I am mystified and terrified,
Hypnotically drawn by the intensity
To search the unknown,
To part the occult river that surrounds us.

What I see cannot be named,
What I feel goes beyond premonition,
And I know that time has brought me
Here to find the floating confusion.

I yearn for the unfathomable.
As my hand lights on the firm, warm
Strength of your arm, I know
Why I have come to this point.

In the dark, wet night, I have found you.
My blood clings like dew in my pulsing
Veins, my full-blossomed vanity grows damp
In the shadowy uncertainty of your presence.

I am addicted;
I am possessed with longing, waiting for
your mouth to devour my own. I am hot and cold,
I am warm and shivering. It is for you.

Our souls know what will be.
My body remembers every smooth touch,
Every fiery kiss exchanged.
Your strong solidarity makes me weep.

Claim me as yours,
Etch your name, your essence,
On the globes of my chest.
Suckle me into oblivion.

I will surrender to you,
I will draw up the contract of intensity.
Possession… no one likes to give it a name.
My search is over.

I want to belong to you.

This poem is an excerpt from my new release, "Immortality Lives...Embracing Poetry in a New Age." It appears in Chapter I: Eternal Longing.