Quintets

What power possesses the poet
who can write serenades in stanzas,
with quill that can caress
the quintet of senses,
of sight, sound, taste, smell and touch.

It is a box adding a fifth frame of reference,
to expand beyond predictability,
remove the mind from its limitations,
reach past profound boundaries
and open the cerebral realms,
enticing with inspiration.

Going deep into the soul’s secret chambers,
burrowing beneath clarity’s veil,
bring awakening by a consuming intimacy,
a pure efficacious vitality
unto each pour, every nerve and fiber,
all the facets of lucidity,
revived and resurrected,
by the magic of one’s thumb and four fingers
carefully cultivating a pentagram in perceptions,
summoning light, song, flavor, scent and embrace
unto the recesses within the brain.

Alive is the music that encompasses
when that literary spell is in harmony
leaving its impact
as a lingering intensity
resurging in its aftermath.