9 INVITATION TO A NUDE BEACH

I'd like to take you to a beach I know,
where people go naked al fresco.
Perfectly legal - won't get arrested
for going round bare thighed and bare breasted.
the place to 'be there, do that, get T-shirt'
(NOT 'be there, do that, get yourself caught!)
Let all your inhibitions fall away
in the sun kissed atmosphere of the bay.
as our skins enjoy the sun, sand and sea
as in the days of Adam and Evie.
See how the other couples relax
as they get the sun on their fronts and backs,
and how they immerse themselves in the sea
like seals at the zoo au naturally. 

On my own I have already been there;
enjoyment of nature I want to share.
So be encouraged when I show the way
for you to follow me into the bay,
into the arms of the oncoming tide
wading in, getting ourselves acclimatised
find how warm the welcoming water's cool
becomes almost like that in swimming pool.
Just be in the moment, no time to blush.
It's a perfect break from modern day's rush
and 'civilized' convention, oh-so-polite,
that insists on wearing clothes day and night.  

Solomon_Song

IF YOU FORGET ME

But if each day, each hour you feel
that you are destined for me 
with implacable sweetness
if each day a flower climbs up to your lips to seek me 
ah my love, ah my own
in me all that fire is repeated 
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten
my love feeds on your love, beloved and as long as you live
it will be in your arms
without leaving mine.
 Pablo Neruda

I DO NOT LOVE YOU

I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz
or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off
I love you as certain dark things are to be loved
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.
Pablo Neruda

AND BECAUSE LOVE BEATTLES

Tomorrow we will only give them
a leaf of the tree of our love, a leaf
which will fall on the earth
like if it had been made by our lips
like a kiss which falls
from our invincible heights
to show the fire and the tenderness
of a true love.
Pablo Neruda

.DON'T GO FAR OFF

Don't leave me, even for an hour, because
then the little drops of anguish will all run together
the smoke that roams looking for a home will drift
into me, choking my lost heart.
Pablo Neruda

LOVE SONNET XI

I crave your mouth, your voice, your hair
Silent and starving, I prowl through the streets
Bread does not nourish me, dawn disrupts me, all day
I hunt for the liquid measure of your steps.
Pablo Neruda

EVERY DAY YOU PLAY

My words rained over you, stroking you
A long time I have loved the sunned mother-of-pearl of you body
Until I even believe that you own the universe
I will bring you happy flowers from the mountains,
bluebells, dark hazels, and rustic baskets of kisses
I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry tres.
Pablo Neruda

.SUNSTONE

Bcause two bodies, naked and entwined,
leap over time, they are invulnerable,
nothing can touch them, they return to the source,
there is no you, no I, no tomorrow,
no yesterday, no names, the truth of two
in a single body, a single soul,
oh total being.
Octavio Paz

.NO ONE BEHIND

No one behind, no one ahead.
The path the ancients cleared has closed.
And the other path, everyone's path,
easy and wide, goes nowhere.
I am alone and find my way
Octavio Paz