Thirteen Tigers

Hello, my name is Jason and I'm a huge Pink Floyd Fan. I'm glad to be here with fellow Pink Floyd fans, and I look forward to sharing my poetry, as Pink Floyd's music is always such great inspiration.

1) Thirteen Tigers

Walk up to the gate in the ancient wilderness
Seven cobras guard the sacred waterfall
Cross the wooden bridge to the mystic portal
Thirteen tigers guard the passage between realms

Step through the sands of time, to another life
See the threads of destiny, which connect your life
See the threads of fate, which connect us all

See how love can rise like the phoenix
From the ashes of violence and war

Journey through a kingdom of hypocrisy
Past the aristocracy, and the corrupt elegance
Past the theocracy, and the soothing eloquence

Arrive in a town of mysterious lunacy
Where no one has a shadow, or reflection
Where women dance naked, and cry redemption

When the final grain of sand falls from the hourglass
The reaper will laugh at your mea culpa
And your deathbed epiphany, to finally seize the day
For even the reaper cannot stop time
From eventually devouring us all

Mortality is melting away
Like a careless vampire
Who gets caught in the sunrise

The sorcerer is laughing
Cause the sky is falling
Memento Mori
A new day is calling

2) Rendezvous

We had breakfast in bed
And watched the sunrise over the ocean
The strawberries, grapes, French toast, and orange juice
All tasted like the sweetest ambrosia

After breakfast I held you in my arms
And we kissed
Within the sanctuary of your love
I felt complete

At noon, we walked barefoot along the beach
In the shallow water, where the ocean kisses the shore
We talked for hours, and really connected
Body, mind, and soul

As evening approached
We stopped at a deserted part of the beach
And made passionate love

Your skin moved smoothly across mine
And I gazed into your deep blue eyes
I tasted the romance on your lips
But failed to notice the ominous clouds on the horizon

Exhausted from passion, we eventually collapsed in each other’s arms
Still sweaty, and breathing heavily-
We looked up at the magnificent display of stars
Our naked bodies illuminated by the moonlight

As a shooting star danced across the sky
I turned, kissed your strawberry lips, and said “I love you”

As if my lips tasted of poison, you immediately pulled away
And began to weep bitter tears

The more I tried to comfort you, the more you pulled away
Eventually saying, in between tears
That our romantic rendezvous would soon be over

I promised to love you forever
But you cast me out of your heart
Like a fallen angel from heaven

Heartbreak began to swallow me like quicksand
And I begged you to reconsider
Still myself confused from the sudden turn of events

You kissed me one last time, and then vanished
From the sanctuary of your love, I was banished
Left alone to sink in the quicksand of heartbreak
And eventually drown in an ocean of loneliness

Surrendering to despair
I lay my head down, closed my eyes, and began to drift away

As my last bit of consciousness faded
My alarm clock rang
And I awoke in a cold sweat of freezing tears…

Most dreams eventually fade
But the memory of your deep blue eyes
Which were both as gentle and ferocious as the sea
Never have

3) Kisses Indicate

I can leave the place where time stops
Just outside reality
I can leave the place where time stops
Material paradise vanishes

Censored screams whispered
They’re spectacular with the vernacular of confusion
Kisses indicate the illusion
There’s correlations between your lacerations

Watch the sunrise
And fall asleep in your arms
Strawberry kisses at sunset
And wake me from my dreams

Censored screams whispered
They’re spectacular with the vernacular of confusion
Kisses indicate the illusion
There’s correlations between your lacerations

And they all point towards a beautiful bride
In a gorgeous wedding dress
Whose hands are stained crimson
Because she holds the beating heart
Of a fallen angel

1) Kiss the Rattlesnake

The perilous path to paradise
Ominous omens in disguise
I left my soul at sunrise
On the beaches to be sacrificed

Orchestrated oblivion
Choreographed chaos

A ravenous rendezvous
Of insatiable lust
Kiss the rattlesnake
And poison your trust

Orchestrated oblivion
Choreographed chaos

The strongest aphrodisiac is curiosity
When the mystery is solved
The sweetest ambrosia loses its flavor
And passion slowly withers

2) Midnight Lovers

Two midnight lovers by the lake
The moonlight dances across the crystal water
I savor the taste from your luscious lips
And softly caress your beautiful hips
Warm velvet skin moves across me

Forever seems so far away
While lying in your lover’s arms

My heart is an elegant cathedral
Exquisite designs of romance
Decorate the walls and the ceiling
Down the hallway, I hear angelic voices
Singing of priceless love

Your Judas Kiss was soft and tender
Betrayed by a seductive Aquarius
With lips blood red and nefarious
Pain and punishment are vicarious

My heart is a brothel
A revolving door of lost souls
Foreign lips and a stranger’s hips
Cold scaly skin moves across me

Whether in celestial spheres
Or circles of the inferno
The concept of forever
Has become crystal clear
Outside of your arms
On lonely nights
I can taste you in my memories
And smell you in my dreams

3) Casanova Illusion

On warm summer nights, I lay beneath the sheets
My lover asleep beside me
As the moonlight dances through the bedroom window
I know why I’m cursed to shiver

You trusted me with your heart
And I smashed it to pieces
You wanted a soul mate
And I wanted to play Casanova

I could break a thousand hearts
And still not come close
To the pain I caused you
When I stabbed you in the back

I left you broken and bleeding
In a desolate wasteland of despair
Cold and lonely, I watched you shiver
As the love faded from your eyes

Rationalization is the antidote to a guilty conscience
So as I found carnal delights and sweet ecstasy
Between the sheets with strangers
I told myself, all is fair in love and war

But time and karma are strange bedfellows
And the charm and seduction
Of my cult of personality
Began to wither and fade

I could offer a half-hearted mea culpa
Or simply the truth
That vanity is almost irresistible
Once you’ve had a taste

4) Occult of Personality

I take the path of excess
To the palace of wisdom
Redemption is worthless
Beauty and fulfillment of the senses are priceless

I explore every vice
And indulge in deadly sins
To awaken my senses
And escape the soul’s prison

Subconscious desires rise to the surface
Instinct replaces what I’ve been taught
Morality is relative
Ambition is blind

Chaos is strangely intriguing
Like the chance to sleep with an ex lover
One more time

I left you long ago
Because your kisses lost their flavor

Now I hear the serpent laughing
As I frantically stab my hideous portrait
My past sins punish me with age

Once I’m wretched and withered
The serpent smiles
And then slithers away

Awake

As I approach the portal, between consciousness and sleep
I smell the romantic aroma of peach mango scented candles
The sweet fragrance of burning apple cinnamon incense
And intoxicating cherry vanilla perfume, drifting across from the other side

When I crossover into dreams
I hear serpents and scoundrels, speaking in tongues
Sirens singing of carnal delights, for shipwrecked sailors
And a seductive symphony of unconscious desires

I see bright yellow eyes, glowing in the summer moonlight
The reaper and father time playing chess, one of them nearing checkmate
The Phoenix rising from the ashes, of forgotten senses
And vibrant colors of red, orange, blue, pink, and purple

I feel cold hands reaching out from the shadows
Warm breath on the back of my neck, my hairs standing on end
Smooth velvet skin crawling beneath silk sheets
And wet tongues that slither slowly across my chest

At an elegant banquet, I dine on the finest ambrosia
A flavorful assortment of tastes, with sweet spices and marinades
Lobster tails and crab legs, smoked salmon, glazed shrimp, and filet mignon
Cooked vegetables, forbidden fruit, cheesecake with caramel, and white wine

Across the crowded ballroom, and through a maze of forgettable faces
I see a beautiful woman in a black sequined dress
She has soft white skin and long auburn hair
Red fingernails and a radiant smile, behind crimson lipstick

Her eyes are mysterious and mesmerizing
The right one is light blue
And the left one is dark green
Neither seem confined by mortality, or concerned with time

After a few moments she notices my transfixed gaze
And our eyes meet in a moment of unconscious destiny
Then she smiles seductively, and confidently walks towards me
As she approaches, I can smell her intoxicating perfume

I am also a very desperate fan of pink floyd because of their contribution in literary activities


Your poetry is full of love and passion with deep imagination

keep going dude post some more

Quite good, jabble524.

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