Unsteady, At first. A Tentative Step And then Another. Three, four, five. Is This Real? Is it true? I Want To Fly. I’m so tired Of Being Lonely.
Tag: freeverse
The Wild Bite
The beginnings of an obsession Subtle at first Slight dance of the heart Fire in the mind The wild bite The need Is this normal?
Unseen
I’m with you, my love In the sway of that Oak She is rocking you Sway with her Dance with her Let me watch you Like the sun that raises his golden head Each morning Painting the …
In praise of such love
Lazy snow blankets the world Trees twist upward, palms splayed out, Clinging to their crystal treasure The wind has silenced its lament But the snow reflects its caresses Rising up in gentle slopes Bending, supplicating In praise …
These are the notes of my longing
The prickly-itchy feel Horses belly against bare thigh Salty, slick Crisp-earthy leather The sharp prick of cheat grass Burrowing Dill-weed, pungent Smashed underfoot Tree frogs Singing love Calling to each other These are the notes of my …
Her Heart Crashed
Her heart crashed Waves against a rocky shore This adventure was hers A first and only possession Beautifully terrifying
Play of Light
Sweat beaded and dripped It accumulated Behind her ears Glued loose tendrils of toffee hair Against the nape of her neck Gave her a shiny, salty mustache Light twirled Illuminated half of those sullen features Phantom-like Before …
Wild Waves
Waves against a rocky shoreline Desire crashes against my heart Breaking down the barriers You slip inside Slowly at first A gentle brook But the insistent questing Gives way to a flood I’m drowning in you
Hungry Flames
My heart burns It knows that another’s touch will never suffice You have branded my soul and I will always yearn for you I long for the fire that consumes what it touches Render me as nothing …
