I WANT TO FORGET THAT DAY

I want to forget that day,

Remember the kiss I stole,

Lips which dared betray

The silent death of my soul... 

And...

I want to forget our great velvet years,

Remember the words you said before

You pierced me with your nefarious spears

And then left me bleeding on the shore...

Now...

I am carried away on the wave of a dream,

And by dreaming, I surrender my soul to you...

I float, burn like desire in a scorching scream,

And by screaming, I excise the gloomy view...

And...

I am reborn now for the sake of the sea

Following the beam of a shimmering light...

And I crave for this love showering on me

Promises of eternal waves of delight...

© Jean-Pierre Barakat

I HAD A DREAM…

I had a dream

Eyes open wide

Into within…

There I could touch

The essence of your heart

And walk along the Milky Way

Of a land far, far away…

There I would trade

My hopes for eternal bliss

And remember, or forget,

What we are, or what was said…

There I could find reason

Clashing eternally with passion

And rejoice every time a kiss

Conquers my soul, gives me Peace…

There I would be a hero

Or a hope embracing the night

And my eyes would cross yours

In an endless dream of Love…

A dream

Eyes open wide

Into within…

© Jean-Pierre Barakat

I ENDLESSLY CRAVE...

I endlessly crave for the Day…
These misty dreams reveal luscious sights of delight in the silent clues of dawn. I endlessly crave for the Truth…
It is neither mine nor yours lying somewhere in between the conclusive and elusive me.
I endlessly crave for Rebirth…
In the eternal cycle of life I live and die with joy and painin visions of heaven and hell.
I endlessly crave for Insight…
Infinite are the grey areas hidden in the answers I seek
and the questions I never dare to ask.


© Jean-Pierre Barakat

ETERNITY

No book, poem or words

Can ever express the love that I feel

Now, for you...

No spirit, bird or chord

Can ever play the music that I feel

Now, for you...

No past, present or future

Can ever create the emotion that I feel

Now, for you...

Because when we meet

Your glance goes deep

Much, much farther, who knows where?

Touches the boundaries of my soul

And makes me feel complete...

It is the thrill of surrender,

It is the warmth of the sender:

And the sending comes from you...

That is why the waves of love

Only kiss the shores of an open soul,

With the softness of a dove...

This precious love you receive

Is the everlasting gratefulness

Which my living can conceive... 

© Jean-Pierre Barakat

BODY & SOUL

Your body is a dream

Your soul is a stream

Into which my thoughts flow

And shine till the afterglow

The scent of your skin

Expires from within

And floats like a silent sigh

So the spell is cast: wonder why?

Here I stand away from who

Once shared the thoughts of you

But I am closer now to me:

I look ahead, and I feel free...

© Jean-Pierre Barakat