I am yours
and you were mine
exhaling the ballads
of your fluttered touch
I inhale the wraiths
they leave behind
your taste lingers
the skin scent upon my pillow
pale beside lips that I drank from
when I gave you sips of my waters
from cisterns that never ran dry
I fed you white lilies crooning
in the moans of writhing night
wrapped you in warm eden dawning
with breasts that never failed
to ravish you in perfume
the skies of me belong to you
you are written in my eyes
and every time I close them
I finger paint your poems
on canvases of dreams
I mourn you across the sheets
where we fell drenched as lovers
and burn to bury my hair
in the curves and nape of your heat
where years bend solitary tears
without moving your feet you drift
and give me your back for a song
tell me your strings are broken
as I whisper hymns to your shoulder
and sleep alone beside you
the gypsies reclaim their notes
hanging their heads in grieving caravans
to bury their violins with lips
that will never smile their love songs
with lyrics of only me
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Author:
Heather T (
Offline) - Published: July 1st, 2017 14:39
- Category: Unclassified
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Comments6
Beautifully intimate poem, so full of imagery and love. Wonderful!
I appreciate you, Christina.
Your beautiful poem captures well the love and sensuality you two shared. Very moving, Heather!
I'm always happy to have your eyes, Louis. Thank you.
Beautiful poem, very moving!
Thank you very much, miss.
Ladies, for the benefit of the site's younger viewers (under 18) please mark your poem for readers 18 and older. Rather than "Unclassified", the sexual innuendos contained within your poem would warrant a more appropriate category of "erotic". Thank you.
With all due respect, for once I have to disagree with you Gary. The poem is so well written and does not contain any graphic erotic imagery. What I see is passion, emotion, and love. While I agree that youngsters need to be protected, I think that they could learn from this poem. Learn that love is special and beautiful. Young people are smart and know the difference between what this poem so beautifully expresses and what you are referring to.
"Moaning" and "writhing" are fine for audiences 18 and over FP.
If it truly offends you Mr. Geraci, I'll mark it. Children that are too young of an audience for this , in my own humble opinion, shouldn't be allowed to post here. I'm all for community standards. Blessings.
I changed it. Now they'll be sure to read, LMBO.
Thank you HT. I did the same for one of my own a few moments ago....
In all seriousness, this site has some issues that need addressed. I think the rating system is useless. I've been horrified by things being said to young teens, as well as the lack of a more private space for folks that post erotica. We also need a clear system that is not subjective. How to obtain this, I do not know.
Gary and DSKS,
here is the line Gary referred to:
in the moans of writhing night
A beautiful line, how this could be offending anybody is beyond me.
Gary, while I respect your religious position, I would like to respectfully point out that this is a forum for artists (writers) where there needs to be a certain amount of tolerance and freedom. And by the way, I also agree with Heather that by labeling the poem 18+ you will probably get more views from the younger crowd.
We used to congregate at the village barber to read these magazines.
An artists "license" to write freely is not at issue FP. We too should tolerate the wish of parents and caregivers who seek to protect their children from 'solid food' while still weaning them off milk. Labelling and categorizing our work is a step in that direction; we make it in good conscience; it doesn't effect our work.
Agreed, you are right on that one.
Heather, I already wrote what I wanted to say in my answer to Gary's comment.
I'm a bit mystified myself. Being in ministry and having three children, I feel like I have pretty good judgement about those things. I thought it was more PG 13 myself. More "Song of of Solomon" than smut. Especially knowing how upset I've been since the day I joined at the lack of community standards. Most sites have a place for adult themes and erotica, and do not allow the romanticism of self harm. Just this past week an adult told a 14 year old child that he could "f" who he wanted to. I was appalled. I guess I'll be more careful in the future. I do not want to be offensive in any way, truly. I'm in full agreement about protecting children. Thank you for your kind comments, Fred.
Heather,
You do NOT have to be more careful in the future. Your writing is just fine.
Very good passionate write.
Many thanks, friend.
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