https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/An eclectic collection of poems and essays. hourly12000-01-01T12:00+00:00https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/513360The Bonds of Service Her breath was stilled as his hands gentle and steady, firm and commanding fastened the collar around her throat. He looked into shining, anxious eyes and was pleased with his pet. The leather was warm and snug around her neck. Steel chains led from the leather, ending in...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/513195In Silence In silence will I come to You, Appearing in dreams of cinnamon and crimson. In patient stillness will I wait for You, Pondering the covenant we sealed with kisses. In soundless gratitude will I kneel to You, Bowing my head, my eyes on my folded hands. In quiet calm will I surrender to...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/512640Once Upon a Time... Once upon a time, as children played upon the shore Mothers, wives and daughters saw their menfolk off to war. Many tears were shed that day, many hearts were broken. Weeping words of love were shared, still many more unspoken. Little boys with blunt, light swords and bows of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/512482A Winter’s Walk Enlightenment is slow to dawn in these snow-blind days of winter. I fold my arms around myself. Burrow my face into the collar of my coat. Insulated, isolated from the winds That howl through the trees, rattle the windows. But my skin, my soul are unprotected from the chill that...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/512100Grim Harvest Night falls with a muffled thud, its stifling darkness chewing through hope the way bullets chew through flesh. Ghosts disappear into wrought iron cages. Witness the heartbeat of the neighborhood: A steady click, slide, click as deadbolts lock into place, but can’t lock out the fear....https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/511418Carnival Macabre Venture by blackest, moonless night beyond the dried lakebed. Skirt around the carcasses of murdered fantasies Where the glowing spectres feast. Past the anorexic, pox-ridden desires. Listen! You can hear the cacophony of the Carnival Macabre! The weeping and wailing of childless...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/511010Senyru for the Season Winter-white daydreams Warmed by sweet apple cider Joy and love abound Mistletoe kisses Exchanged ‘neath the greenery The best gifts of all. Quiet Christmas eve Firelight flames flicker and dance Wine and romance shared. Christmas sun dawning Frozen clouds of orange sherbet...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/510805Candlelight Casting long shadows that flicker and glimmer As reflected fire makes my bluegreen eyes shimmer. Now and again, a breeze floats through the room Dispersing the candles’ exotic perfume. Lay here beside me in this soft golden glow Enjoy my caresses, let your ecstasy grow. Like flames of...https://www.blogit.com/Blogs/Blog.aspx/SensuAlchemy/510010Ecstasy's Solar Flare I come to you with the sun, like the sun. While dawn steals over the windowsill my body steals over yours. Covering you, warming you, rousing you. Feel the heat slipping across your body As morning slips across disheveled sheets. Crimson-tipped fingers flicker over waking...