Secret Sanctuary

To wander in my garden fair,

The one that's in my mind,

The one which ever Is

A respite garden of delight,

A solitary treat, - apart -

No part the world out there,

I meet with whom I wish,

Invisibly and mute,

With only secret thoughts

Unchained exchanged

To fill the inner space

Between my cells, - with his.

Like wispy candle’s smoke

Or morning’s subtle mist

Breathe ecstasy so sweet

In solitary moments

When our love's unfurled

Each secret time we meet.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Ginger tea and incense.

Flickering candlelight,

Magic Mozart wafting

Parrish art's delight;

Imaginary buttercups

O'er imaginary hill.

A hint of sunlight casting

Playful shadows on the grass;

Mauve shadows overtake my heart

With taunting secrets locked inside -

To open wide, - should Frog take shape

As Prince - upon my windowsill!

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Silent strains of Mozart

Remind my inner ear

Of secreted chaises longues

Filled with untold passion

For him I hold most dear.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Raison d’être

I am here neither to please

Nor to be pleased.

Yet, if sometime I do please,

If sometimes I am pleased,

It is my raison d’être

______© Nellieanna H. Hay

Any way it IS,

Is intimate.

With, without;

Spoken, silent.

Touched, untouched;

Thought, forgot;

Shared, withheld;

Joined, apart;

Bold or scared.

There is a central

Knowing of it, shared

If here, if there, -

If anywhere.

The more it's kept at bay,

Or more it's held away,-

The more will simply stay,

Joined together secretly

Somewhere else, -

Because it simply IS.

______© Nellieanna H. Hay