40 Poems From POMEGRANATE FLESH by Strider Marcus Jones

EIGHT TREASURES OF SIMPLE PLEASURES ~ By Strider Marcus Jones. Copyrighted.

EIGHT TREASURES OF SIMPLE PLEASURES

a sensual spoken

strawberry cut open

thought

brought

me to your secret place

with my face.

in the altered mirage

that history presents,

your even visage

and words have sounds and scents

that repair

the despair

and remake vanity's varnished vase

with plain consents

until the figures

in the patterns

and the glaze

reconfigure

what has happened

and are swayed

to be themself

and not the mould of someone else.

i come back to you

in the porcelein white and blue

of Ming and Xiantzi

rustic and romancy

bearing eight treasures

of simple pleasures:

heart's love

life's soul

passions blood

mind whole

and wisdom

instead of blindness

to share a kingdom

with unselfish kindness.

Copyright Strider Marcus Jones. 1st June, 2012. All Rights Reserved.