“Angel of Fantasy” by Eric Shaffer<\/p><\/div>\n

Camel’s Lament (revisited)<\/strong><\/p>\n

unwrap time – as me, my own beast of burden
\nI am no longer knelt
\nso short
\nof this dreaming<\/p>\n

so filled by your
\nimage am I<\/p>\n

my created soul bursting looks back
\ninto me
\nseeing bubbles
\nlike magma
\nrelentlessly gushing
\nto form realities
\nfelt in veins
\nand not merely
\nprojected
\nupon clouds
\nas a screening
\nfor proposals to the eyes<\/p>\n

together we cry
\nmarry me
\nthat we become living
\ngasping-breath beings
\nwilling sweet surrenders..<\/p>\n

ride with and upon
\nmy camel backed
\nharried self<\/p>\n

these countless lifetimes
\nI’ve fallen
\nto you<\/p>\n

with a heart throated high
\nsinging
\nmy mere mountain to your silken sky<\/p>\n

even so!
\nbowing
\nin unquestioning love
\nyou beg me
\nto finally
\nstand<\/p>\n

~ Abdul ben Camel<\/p>\n

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