tears of men

Heather T

 

 

you bare your storms to me

 

I lash against the currents

and you give me your back

 

foundations shift

did we not build

upon the stones

 

the pull of grains from the shore

where sails have failed proud ships

their masts a heaving sigh

of grief and heavy waters

 

I siphon your drowning

and break over you

 

crash on heaving shoulders

where there is no salvage

from the bone littered depths

of fathers, sand and covenants

smashed in sick christening

against the fragile bow

 

abandonment wails on bipolar winds

that my woman's hands fall through

stumbling to gather frailty

aboard ghost ships of men

where the gravity of boys

haunt the very timbers

 

should my lips ever set the flames

we will scatter them

even from their rotting boards

the graves can claim their ashes

and we will tread beyond the pyre

 

I will give you my back

if you are man enough to bend me

and dwell in my heart places

where kisses are balm

 

and my love

will pour you into vessels

 

unshattered

  • Author: Heather T (Offline Offline)
  • Published: July 2nd, 2017 14:51
  • Comment from author about the poem: For my Mr., with love.
  • Category: Unclassified
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Comments5

  • FredPeyer

    Thank you Heather for this beautiful love poem. Wish somebody would write something like that for me one day.

    • Heather T

      Thank YOU, friend. I hope you get your poem. You're appreciated.

    • Augustus

      Just splendid. Great lines.

      • Heather T

        I appreciate you, Augustus!

      • kevin browne

        thank you for this little entry straight in at no 1. great poem x

        • Heather T

          Thank you muchly, dear Kevin.

          • kevin browne

            you're very welcome x

          • Renzi

            Ahhhh Heather you write masterpieces girl, masterpieces i'm telling you. Blown away again. Thankyou.

            • Heather T

              Somehow I missed your comment, Renzi! Humble thanks, sweetness.

            • GODisreal

              Beautiful

              • Heather T

                That you think so is my delight. Thank you!



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