Kama Sutra: Pillars

Over on my Goodreads page, where I began the "Passionate Mind" blog, I had explored two subtle phases of the Kama Sutra that also found expression in my poetry. In the first, the concept of all of us possessing "seven senses", and in the second, the beauty of joining our oneness to nature with our sensuality. In this third poem, the Kama Sutra once again goes beyond (or rather, enhances and deepens) the physical, in the way that we can become whole when joined.

Kama Sutra: Pillars

There are moments of love

that are crafted to be living echoes

of temples raised to the sky;

towers that call down the hungry moon.

We stand, and together

our pleasure joins heaven and earth.

Sthita is the first step,

with a wall to aid us.

Her hands rest flat

on the plastered surface,

which still holds the heat of the day;

her palms burn with it.

She looks over her shoulder,

seeking the eyes of one who will rival

that sun's heat, and fill her with it.

Turn then,

and give your back to the wall,

let your feet spread, wider and wider,

until you sink down onto me,

so that I am the pillar

suspending you.

Face to face, Sammukha.

Whisper to me what you would like

to feel within you.

She says, "I wish most of all

for separateness to leave us,

for me to see into you,

as you enter me."

Then twine your thighs around mine,

lock your feet to my knees,

clasp my neck,

and I will lift you into the swing,

which is Dola.

Catch me in the cage of your arms

and crush me,

force my knees apart,

and sink slowly into me.

Dadhyayataka, the churn.

So we will blend

into perfect fiery harmony.

I want you to draw up one leg,

nestle it here, behind my knee.

Let us move

in a single stride, Traivikrama.

One step, just one step,

purely joined.

I do not remember

what it was to be alone.

We have banished the horizon;

sky and earth are joined.

Tears are in my eyes,

a moaning rises from my center.

I did not know

that my body could stand so,

burning into you, consumed

and consuming.

I love you.

And I love you.