| BEYOND THE HEAVENS by Edward V. Bonner Radiant Flames The shifting currents shoulder the cerebral coast, sending sediment through your brain. Instinctively the mind wakes more quickly to agony, than a star-shaped heart radiant with flames. Brushing silica from your fingers… Scars of persuasion like a violent storm. The darkened skies behind your lidded eyes wild with wind and beautifully formed. This field wields it’s bouquet: hypnotic, exotic and consuming. Our bodies tossed on thick moss, surrender in kudzu, soaked with sweat. Too late to understand, fate was in our hands. Thanks to co-author Jocelyn Vaughan Nature’s Silhouette Darkness will cover what is hidden by light. It let’s you caress the imagination of unknown sight. Distorted shades play a story only the character can assemble. Ethereal images are accented with beauty or ghostly tremble. Calm winds whisper a solemn song and the young fiddlehead ferns wake for their turn. Fresh, hushed, mesmerized hues glimmer against the trees, lightly covered with dew. And there she is. Her sculptured limbs flowing with design. Curves of luscious sweetness enveloped our pulsating minds. A peace that captured the eyes of grace answered to nature’s calling place. Howling Echoes Lonely is the wilderness blanketed with snow, whose ember eyes reflect a most dazzling glow. In the twilight sky she hunts alone, scanning the forest upon her throne. Brilliant stars covet the earth. Rising thermals embrace the secret spells of nature’s mirth. Her first howl echo’s through the misty hollow. The alpha male perks up his ears and follows. Together they search for prey. A series unfolding they hunt for days. Intelligent, cunning and calculating. Hunger drives their instincts to excel. An inbred survival of hidden spells. Rhythmic sound waves shatter the sky. Eyes slowly adjust to pinpoint why. A cry from an elk, it’s life in despair. Holding tight, the wolves run in pairs. Their ecstasy is mastered through a paradox of existing. Only in the end, life will be forgiving. Salivating. Licking. Chomping. This surging wrath becomes a prosperous ending. God’s chosen to thrive, these beautiful animals will survive. Intoxicating Passion As the earth time changed in early spring. Somewhere now he stands, steam pouring from his body. Heat and humidity screaming, but no breeze. Her pulsating heart crossed over with trembling hands. This hysteria is an intoxicating passion wrapped around their delirious emotions. To the lips of forgotten fruit, let them pass between rivers, moistened for thirst of a delicate star. Their hidden grace ‘neath lace unraveled by the rosebud’s thorn. And when they transcend, petals unveil in a storm. Eclipsed by Eros’s shadow. A pervasive zephyr begins to burnish their flesh like pearls refracted through glass. A love completely spontaneous and uninhabited absorption. Followed by a perfumed fragrance, life’s consummation has been fulfilled.Thanks to co-author Jocelyn Vaughan Hovering Beyond the HeavensHovering beyond the heavens the verdant dawn, awed by the auric benefaction of a painted horizon saturated by our Mother’s dulcet murmured benediction. Perched high in an oak, a magniloquent Martin harmonized melodies manifest with grace and delight and the caress of the mourning dove’s coo. Westerly winds entwined the land where secrets behold from her tender hand. Rejoice with the blessing of Divinity’s voice. About the Author: Edward Bonner grew up in a small mill town in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.Hazelwood, Pa. A very rough neighborhood. Raised by his mother and grandparents until he was 13 years old. That’s when his mother remarried. He then moved to a suburb south of Pittsburgh. Growing up, he probably got into trouble like most kids. An avid outdoorsman. 5th degree black belt / 36 years in Shotokan karate. Author of “One Kiss” Just One Kiss. A collection of love poems and more. Author of Through The Eyes Of A Lost Boy. A collection of poetry about “Love, Loss, Trauma, Pain and Healing.” A journey of life through writing. | |