It wouldn’t take a moment To slice a life away A knife sits poised above my wrists The veins are blue and raised. Peculiar that earlier It sliced the veg to eat This knife that now so threatens Provided me replete. Yet now it stands here ready To do its certain harm It would take … Continue reading Slice
Author: Elana Sandals
Tremble
My body shakes and shudders Under hands that know their power Your sacred gift grows stronger As minutes become hours My skin responds with trembling From your soft delicate touch Like an animal shaking free of Tensions, pain and such I feel your sensual nature Combining here with mine Your imprint gently lingering … Continue reading Tremble
Alive
It’s amazing how I functioned In a dream of life once lived Going through the motions Of a being partly seized Complacent and unfeeling Emotions dulled and mired Until a dazzling lion Awoke me with his fire Intensity surrounding One previously dulled By marriage and apathy A life conveyed as nulled But … Continue reading Alive
Your Voice
I don’t know how you do it It’s a magical connect Vibration, sound and energy Combine with such effect Who knew a voice would do this Affect the inner space Your sound reaches right through me To reach the special place Where flesh ceases to exist And waves express it all The meaning … Continue reading Your Voice
The Garden
Nude, pure and side by side Your golden smile, my joyful shine The light caress of cat’s paw breeze Brings ease to this warm haven I watch you gaze upon the grace Arranged in front of us In awe of colour so intense High definition shows dim Familiar yet more vivid Than our … Continue reading The Garden
Spurned
Help me! She cried In grassy repose Her breath clear and strong Again from her run Cerulean canvas And pure white cloud Remind her she’s small In case there was doubt The wind from the west Blows oak and beech wild Twin centaurs watch over This poor weeping child Crows call … Continue reading Spurned
The Wound
This thing between us was Fun and light A summer day in my life I bathed myself in your sun Embraced someone Far from his wife Open hearted soft The sweet kiss of Little death Your delicious gift Was transitory A moment’s starry breath For you remained True to an ideal Of union … Continue reading The Wound
Strength
I’ve always had strength inside me But lately I’m starting to know That whatever I try to distract me I can’t avoid missing you so You cast me aside the moment I meant something special to you I spilled right into your home life And that would never do You made it clear … Continue reading Strength
Entre Nous
You lie here deep within me And saturate my core I struggle to see others Since you wriggled through my door The door to the etheric And forms of increased light I find your presence everywhere So luminous and bright From physical to mental You are the one I see Sitting within the … Continue reading Entre Nous
All Change
Today I have changed the name of my site from 'The local government officer, the charity worker and her lover' to 'Elana's Ink'. This represents the changes that have taken place in my life since I set up the site last year. 'The local government officer' and I separated when he couldn't deal with the … Continue reading All Change