Ringed

By Fathima E.V.

Sinews and blood coursing
In determined lunges of joy
In the dance of fate
Limbs arrayed in freefall
Tangled swirls, hand in hand
In its circle of joy
Naked, earth rejoicing
Matisse, your figures dancing
In an abandon of vitality
The momentum of the rocking
Pulse trapped in its unreason
Insane, insane does leap
Heady joy swelled buoyant.
Ritual of desire, ringed
The thrums of legs and hands
The sheer vigour of buttocks
Going astray before being pulled into
The current of the merry go round.
Lightning touched limbs
In a tenuous balance of grace
stepping in unison, caught forever in
the intimacy of moon lured trysts
its luminous permanence aglow
in orange, blue and nude green
Careening, yet grave with a purpose
In a paroxysm of desire
That loathe to be revealed
Yet thrum.