Ghairo Daniels

June, 1900-Cape Town
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Mona Lisa : Leonardo da Vinci : Ekphrasis Poem

enigmatically enlightened
embodied essence of
o__live imperceptible
darkly moon-fragrant purity a__live
still knowingness of rippled
LAKE LOVE
quiet mirth transitioning
I see the foolish in
YOu and CUP
it marbled
my hands silk
naked wrists need
no pearls or diamonds

e T E r N a L

P O W E R = patience

MOTHER
undertoned melancholy
figure exuding myrrh and musk
sooo faintly_______smoothly polite
WOMBED warmth
e t e r n a l i s e d ~ >> gentled

all shadows captured
integrated morphed meta metered
let loose uncoloured
radiant l i g h t illusively
caught framed O a k
prismatic in smile softly on P o p
lar
black luminosity kindly stable
mystical Feminine Divine
[ my ruby red is hidden
when you are ready
you W I L L f
i n
d
it
her in ner HEART ]

Fire Air Earth Water Ether > I mySelf
within ~ _________not Angel
smiling HERE rooted

in aerial C O N S C I O U S N E S S

(birthed five full elements in | | | | | offspring)

rainb o W through squinxed-eDen
still-octo pus s s body Octave
D
make me silvered Opalescent
COME come
my doves
UnlOck
coo Coo
caw CAW
cackle rattle
come SOW
seed
I wisdom sit covered uncovered …Louvred
future protected with layers
of GLASS
delicate insertions shatter no THING

I enjoy them • f
litter
f
i l ters
fritters nourishing
though I AM
the N U R T URER

it matters not when you leave
now or never
I hold you still if you do
in mahogany solidity
jellied for comfort
warmer
than pink mohair deep
frankincense smoky depth

C~O~S~M~I~ C is my singular larvic

smile f i n G e R s
cautious dough for devouring
then regretting remorse

MY CONTEXT IS NO MORE
the HIDDEN EXPOSED ~ CLEAR

“I am in the Body
the Body is in ME
this is G_D speaking
from oak-beeched frame
hear MY glimpsing ~~~~~~ *** Lips
Light PRESENCE exuding Earth ***+
I move yet am Xx
STILL… Leonardo’s genius
My heaven is HERE captured
nowhere else | |
Look at THIS MIRROR |________| eyes OO
IT is YOU IN ME magnetise
You ARE MY WISDOM ~ >
my Everything + which I fall
WILL claim again ______again % RisE

GO PLAY NOW ••• = glossed
I always watch over YOU varnish
you cannot name my protected
( s i LE
M ) try Not to

mere WORDs YEs ? emerge ~
exist for it - - - - - lost in timelessness
sacral wheel s l o wly soundless
wheelie eerie
tenderness

chariot my eyed amygdala mountain breasts

GO-stay is ONE grain
of sand ____ I remain

O || > >

REMEMBER this is ALL
ENTICe ••

Your FREEDOM is my JOY
I hold YOU

IN

W O M A N ”

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