Loving You
Loving you, as you are
In so many ways
Being with you
Even when you are
miles away
Loving you, now
Desiring to be with you
Letting you be
Even when I want
You near me
Loving you, desperately
Irrationally, then
Leaving you
Wanting you, yet
Wanting you your freedom
Loving you, from a
distance
And up close, intimately
Needing you
And letting you go,
Again
Loving you, this way
This amazing way
Is wonderful
Yet barely imaginable
Loving you, I see
Is infinite
It has no bounds
No rules
It lacks definitions
Loving you, is
Is, is
Reality
Unreal
Loving you is
Real
August 18,1998
Michael David Coffey
Boundaries
Boundaries exist
to stifle freedom
To inhibit expression
Boundaries prevent
realization of dreams
But they are
Boundaries exist to
be broken
And no boundary
can stop us
Being together
in mind
and
soul
Boundaries don't exist
August 18, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Balkan Morning
Morning on the Black Sea
Six o'clock sun
Striking the green shadowy
drapes
Flowing in to my life
Awake and dreaming
Of nothing in particular
Calm, relaxed, in life
Living in the main artery
Of existence
In touch with a vitality
A throbbing heart of
endurance, persistence
Enjoying the salty air
The summer Balkan breeze
Hot, hungry, in heavenly
bliss, bliss
Among the sounds of morning
Lying there in rapturous
greeting of the Balkan day
August 21, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Marie
Marie, Romanian Queen
Scottish link in a
Baltic dream
A summer palace of roses
Greek vases
and fountains
Marie, enchantress of
the Black Sea
In Balchik, her soul
resides
In grapevines and Byzantine
arches
Marie, her heart stolen
from this place of peace
In here, her memory,
her life
A bullet struck, to
save her sons
Marie, a Byzantine
beauty
A lover's dream of
enchanted roses
Exotic places, of water
sounds
In this place, she resides
forever
August 21, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Kaliakra
A rocky outclave of
clustered relics
Walled fortress of
ancient vines
Of red craggy cliffs
and emerald water
A cross, black, atop
a small chapel
Kaliakra, Cape
jutting into the
emerald sea
A place of battles and
civilization
Of sorrow and
intermingling
A site of mystery
and naval history
Here at Cape Kaliakra
As legend tells
Marked now by a white
Stone monument
Forty women, hair tied
in a living chain
Jumped to their deaths
in that emerald sea
From atop the red cliffs
Rather than face
rape and torture
At the hands of the
Turks
Here at Kaliakra
womanhood is
marked in legend,
for posterity
Bravery and sacrifice
Lost in the
depths of
an
emerald sea
August 21, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Black Sea Shimmering
Morning, bright, hot
Cool breeze hiding
the intensity of
a Balkan sun
Black Sea stretched
out, shimmering
Morning, fresh, full
Heat penetrating
my oiled skin
Sounds of music
filtering through
And that sea
Black, shimmering
Morning, here, promising
A day for worship
Sun worship
Dancing in the black
tide
Soaking in the
radiation
Black Sea, shimmering
August 22, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Passionate Play
Awakening, in delight
at life's decision
To give me love in
the prime of my life
Repressed, depressed
so long
Taken up with survival,
fame
Recognition
Now emerging, different
Throwing off the
Shackles of illusion
Discovery
Finding love in simple
pleasures
Playing, loving
sunrises
The sound of gulls
The roll of the ocean drum
Playing the tune of
intimate association
With life in reality
No dream
but creativity
Playing life in contact
with the spirit
of reality
In touch, intimate
in
Passionate Play
August 20, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Loving Blue Light
In the night
through a
star light haze
Your love
came to me
Brightly, lightly
Sensually serene
Soft in your
presence
Entering in
Gently in the
night
Loving blue light
scattering stars
of ecstasy
On the bed
As we lay there
In love
August 22, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Dark Desire
Dark dusk light on
the ocean
A deep desire to
be with you
Among the olive
trees on this barren
earth
Kicking dust and dreaming
Walking in the tides reach
Along a desolate shore
At dusk light
Desiring you here
In me
With me
Walking, talking
Loving you
Your dark hair scattered
on the sand
As we embrace
In the evening heat
Desire
Desiring you
August 23, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Serpent
Serpent, serene, sensual
Poised on a white rock
Gliding down, slowly
Slithering in the hot
Golden slivers
of sandy desert
Serpent, seeking, searching
Attentive, swiftly moving
Sand fragments splaying
Here and there
In anticipation
The thrust
the play
of life
Serpent, to the kill
Stealthily driven
To the heart
Paralyzed
In worship
Of blood
and sun
and Death
August 23, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Stone Walls
Stone walls closing in
Stifling, protecting
Cooling, imprisoning
My mind
Stone fortresses to
change, to manipulate
To create illusions
And destroy
Earth's fabric given
For beauties sake
Taken and molded
To conquer, destroy
How can this be
That man understands
so little
His heart in stone
made
August 24, 1998
Michael David Coffey
Amor
Amor, I say I love you
In the eternities of
blue skies
Among the roses of blood
red passion
Flowing in the lush valleys
of your being
Amor, I say and kiss you
In the ways to send
you spinning
Among the soft flowers
of fresh spring pastures
Blowing in the air
of an angel's call
Amor, I tell you forever
Ever in the love of
a destiny of ecstasy
Among the sky blown
feathers of a plumed
bird of love
Amor, my love forever
August 24, 1998
Michael David Coffey
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