What is Wrong With This Tongue

Neville

What is Wrong With This Tongue

 

What is wrong

with

this tongue ..

Every

now and again

it tends

to disobey me ..

I can

occasionally

feel it,

mouthing your

name ..

Mostly after

dark,

when we are

both so

incredibly hungry ..

Yet though

I deny it, I can

still taste

those rock pools

and the honey

of course,

you were once

famous for ..

Then later, while

smelling

of bergamot,

tansy and clover

the way

you would when

fresh

from the shower ..

I shall bury my

head in

your deep sweet

scented pillow ..

And like that,

fall asleep, albeit

fitfully ..

Until dawn arrives,

to insult

and to taunt me

again by your

cruel absence ..

Only then,

shall I curl up in

a ball like a

foetus once more

against

your soft palate ..

But barely

and briefly,

only partially sated ..

 

 

  • Author: Neville (Offline Offline)
  • Published: June 21st, 2023 05:09
  • Category: Unclassified
  • Views: 17
  • User favorite of this poem: L. B. Mek.
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Comments9

  • Laura🌻

    Dear Neville,
    Welcome back.
    A wonderful surprise.

    I’m wondering if you’re asking yourself,
    “What about my poem?”

    There’s a lot to unravel…

    Laura🌻

    • Neville


      Hello Laura, what an absolute treat to have you visit these words of mine .. Many huge thanks .. 🌻

      Neville 🌻🌻:)

      • Laura🌻

        ☺️ You’re welcome.

      • Jeffrey Weese

        This poem is a skillful testament to the power of desire and the tangible emptiness left by an absent loved one, creating a deeply affecting and intensely intimate experience for the reader.

        • Neville



          How kind you are sir, many of my sincerest thanks are on their way over ... Neville

        • Accidental Poet

          Now THAT'S a mouthful! 🙂

          • Neville



            Absobloominlutely AP ................. cheers my friend 🐧

          • orchidee

            Nowt wrong with ya tongue in spouting some good lines again - welcome back! lol.

            • Neville



              Thank you kindly Steven ..

            • orchidee

              Did ya hurry back for more Mad Adventures of Me, KP, and Fido?! lol.

            • Garth Rakumakoe

              An offering with a tongue and a life of its own. Wonderfully expressed, dear Neville. 👌🏼

              • Neville



                thank you Garth ..

              • jarcher54

                We are delighted to have this latest offering... you are sort of necessary to a proper day you know... now why you have to get us so worked up I haven't any idea!

                • Neville


                  You really, really, really are so very kind my friend .. many huge thank you's .. Neville

                • L. B. Mek

                  'And like that,
                  fall asleep, albeit
                  fitfully ..
                  Until dawn arrives,
                  to insult
                  and to taunt me'
                  how intimately I know this scene
                  instantly, recognise
                  your subtle words of vivid Poetry..
                  'the, Poet is back
                  all is well then, all is well'
                  thank you! Hyung

                  • Neville



                    Glad to be back brother Mek & muchly I thank you .. Neville

                  • Kinsey Peterson

                    I think I have made my point clear that you are a wonderful poet and each of your poems is a masterpiece- you do not need to keep proving it. 😉

                    • Neville



                      You just made my week Joan .. thank you so very much .. Neville



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