The Blue Flames of Immortality

Joanna Garrido

Bewitch me, Ayesha, in volcanic realms

to bathe in the flames of your pillar of light

Sorceress of beauty, your power overwhelms

your enchanted incarnate, returned from the night

Ageless and timeless, in Kor once revered

Lost in your eyes, in your spellbinding gaze

Two millennia existed, now cruel and feared

by the people you’ve ruled in formidable ways

Step into the blue flames, to melt and to burn?

To give reassurance you step in the blue

carressing  your body, erotically turn

Eternal life beckons, in harmony with you

We bathe in the light so forever exist

Ayesha, Kallikrates ever entwined

Then time to step out, but a terrible twist

Ayesha, you whither like grapes on a vine

Your body is shrivelling, you’re turning to dust

Before me, my lover, gone back to the earth

Now I reincarnate, forever to lust

for you to come back to me, for your rebirth

I pine for you, grieve for you, calling your name

what you failed to know of the blue fire’s curse

is that once you may enter the magical flame

but the second time all of its powers reverse

 

31.12.18

 

  • Author: Joanna Garrido (Offline Offline)
  • Published: January 1st, 2019 06:59
  • Comment from author about the poem: In tribute to Rider Haggard’s SHE. A wonderful story and remembered Hammer film
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments10

  • Neville

    Blue flames are kinda special methinks... I dont think you're just cooking on gas are ya.... a lovely bit o poetry and thoroughly enjoyed... Happy New Year... N

  • Joanna Garrido

    Thanks Neville I’m running on empty at mo after a late night and tons to do. Haha to your joke. Happy New Year

  • orchidee

    Oohh, should I meet her? Or meet She?! heehee. Is that where the saying comes from 'She who must be obeyed?'

    • Joanna Garrido

      Hiya it is from She, yes. Ursula Andress played her in the film.

    • Fay Slimm.

      Oh Yes - - SHE of the Rider Haggard -inspired mind - - a great choice of descriptive words in this tribute to the flame of immortal stories. Thank you for sharing it Joanna

    • Goldfinch60

      Super write about a wonderful book and film.

    • Joanna Garrido

      Thanks

    • sylviasearcher

      I have not watched or read SHE but your poem is amazing.

    • Joanna Garrido

      Thanks for that

    • Suresh

      Beautifully penned.

    • Joanna Garrido

      Thank you very much



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