On water smooth as glass sentinels stand on mirrored floors as they float on life's illusion.

Ambergris

gracefully female

in a ritual of hope

inhaling the vapors

the sweetness of smoke

shield from black evil

spark passion for love

rising to meet you

captured above

in the tent

of your blanket

in the depths

of your heart

you fill me

with fire

you light

up the

dark

let your robes

fall around you

come into my arms

as I touch you in silence

your flesh feels the warmth

of this intimate moment

in the eye of a storm

find your release

free from all

harm

The smoke of ambergris is a painting by John Singer Sargent I first saw at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It is a spell binding piece of imagination and beauty. The image here is revised and color added that is not in the original. I have added the original below.