The blossoming of a valuable and balanced relationship, intimate though not necessarily sexual. A dance; a connection on a higher level. Infatuation. Mutual understanding and deep emotions. Harmonious flow of energy lending a sense of ease and comfort. Trust and free will. Depending on the neighboring cards, it may indicate a choice to be made between what is desired and what is acceptable. The help and support of a lover.

Anna-Marie Ferguson, Legend: The Arthurian Tarot

Still Adored

A rose is more than it seems

It has fragrance, ever sweet

Thorns, they cut to the bone

But still the rose is adored

~*~

No matter how many thorns

No matter how many trials and tribulations

My love for you only grows stronger

My desire only increases, threefold

~*~

Let me inside your rose

Let me become another of your thorns

Let me care for you evermore

~*~

A rose is so much more than it seems

It has a fragrance, ever sweet

It has a taste, bitter ecstasy

It has thorns, draw blood

But still the rose is adored

Stilled love evermore

Candlelit Darkness

So cool, still night air

I walk with you down rainy streets

Wishing morn never comes

Tonight was special

Tonight changed me forever

~*~

Though you cried

You still held on

As Bane and I

Destroyed the Worm

It was your love

That sealed it's fate

Inside my Witch's bottle

~*~

Destruction of darkness

Rebirth of candlelight

End of oblivion

Return of salvation

~*~

Forgive me

If I never let you go

Forgive me

If I love you to death

Out There

Out there walks

Out there stalks, me

Out there awaits

Out there tempts the fates, me

~*~

I walk, stalk you home

I await, tempt your flower

I love you, out there

~*~

Out there opens up

Out there lights up, me

Out there poems bring

Out there does sing, me

~*~

I open, light up to your touch

I bring poems I wish to sing

I love you, out there

~*~

Out there I stand

Out there I wait

For you to invite me in

Or for you to invite me in

Or for you to come out

Hold me, love

Hold me, out there

Tarot Turns

The Fool

I played the Fool

Priestess, Empress

I the Magus, Emperor

Yet still with all this magick

I couldn't speak

For fear Fortuna's Wheel would turn out of my favor

That I'd collapse as the Tower

Why be I the Hanged Man?

Why do the Lovers laugh at me?

I will not be the Hermit again

My Sun must be with your Moon

Why does the Devil play out my fears in my mind?

Why does the Universe crumble around me?

Is this my Justice?

With no Star to look upon for hope

Does the Chariot crash through my dreams

Balance be damned

Aeon why am I in a crowd alone?

Death why do you pretend to kill me?

~*~

Ten of Swords led me to ruin

Seven of Disks why you laugh at my failure?

Nine of Wands where was your strength?

Six of Cups you give me reversed pleasure

~*~

Five of Disks you my worry

Ten of Wands you my self oppression

Knight of Swords you make me incapable of decision

Seven of Cups you my guilt, holds me back

~*~

Why can't I just say it?

Why must I have my brothers by?

Why am I so afraid to tell her?

That I would die for her

That when she cries it's like knives stabbing at my heart

That for her to leave would be the end for me

I can't be the Hermit any longer

I planned to be alone

But now I'm not

My plans all changed

All became centered round her

If she does I return to my old future

If she goes so do I

Risking All For Love

I am of Dragon

Yet still I afraid

Why do I feel tears upon my face?

Why do I wail inside?

My Bardess turned to be so much more

I thought she'd just heal me and stay for awhile

But now I can't have her go

She hold my heart

In her hands

I placed it there, willingly

~*~

Now as I fall deeply in love

I fear of her departure

How can one mean so much to me?

I've be alone so long

I can't go back to that

I still remember the hurt of dieing inside

Now living I will not die again

Unless my body dies as well

~*~

She be my soulmate

Never felt this strongly about anything before

Even now I cry

Even now part of me dies

Preparing so that the hurt be not as much

But what if she stays?

I'll never get that part back

Do I take the risk of dieing once more

For the possibility of living love evermore

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