The Unveiling
I saw you performing
your ritual drama
You were dancing
the dromena like a dream
You appeared like
a spirit emerging from the shadows
in a scene from the ancient mysteries
What secret magic
were you performing?
Oh if only I could
tell what I've seen
I don't believe
it was merely an illusion
a trick done with special effects
mirrors
masques
costumes
'Cause your luminous
eyes spoke a strange psychic language
and the blue dream
light through your translucent chemise
revealed
the body of a goddess
when I knelt to worship your mysteries
The thin material
cast a weird veil of shadow on your skin
in an intricate pattern of darkness and light
and in the flickering glow of the torch I was carrying
it appeared to alter the expression on your face
Your inscrutable
smile behind your veil
alternately wicked and sublime
insinuated a strange
range of meaning
and with the reflection
of my torch light burning in your eyes
it was as if you
were possessed by a divine kind of madness
I saw a side of you I'd never seen before
as I watched you ecstatic
revealing your secrets
Oh if only I could tell what they were
'cause when you lifted the veil you were wearing
I felt such a rush of euphoria
my flame flared up and for an exquisite moment
I saw through the delicate fabric you wore
© 2006 Gary Lee