I Need Someone

I need someone
Who understands
My silence
Someone who
Takes my
Occasional stuttering
Laying the fluttered words
On the floor
Able to make full sentences
I need someone
Who knows instinctively
When to make me speak
Because hiding has
Always been easier
Curling within myself
With someone who
Knows the
Gentle unravel
Someone who
Understands
Deep perception
Going far beyond
My deep insecurities

Encore Array

Frothy trails of
Mauve
Pink
Lavender
Brushed against
A sky so blue
Before the sun
Gracefully bows
Hiding her
Blushing cheeks
Behind the hills of
Green
Amber
Mellow auburn

Warm Honey & Whiskey

Your voice
Is warm honey & whiskey
Cascading over me
My tender skin
Lighting and tingling
Every nerve fiber
Snap synapses
Igniting
Electrifying me

Before You Drove Away

Catch my breath
Been so long since
I last saw you
Thought you'd blend
In the shadows
Perpetually
Eternally
But there you were
An exclamation point
In my mundane day
Taking my thoughts
Taking my words
Suspended in air
Then you drove away

Listening to Him

Chin on my
Folded hands
Watching
Listening
Emotions
Play on his face
Inflecting tones
It's all settling
Down to my bones
I'm watching him
Listening to him
Telling the story
Of us

Breathy Pulse

Nape of my neck exposed
Thin skin
Thin vein
Pulsing
Breathily waiting
A sigh escaping my lips
As you capture
The beating
Heart of me

Writing on the Night Sky

I said everything
Or at least thought I had
With the stars twinkling
I realize
There's so much more to say
Trailing on the night sky
Nestled behind the moon
Written love letters
Cosmos dusty mystery
Whispering
Stay

Minstrel's Tale

Guests cleared from the hall
Alone now
No one to really hear my call
On a dusty stage
Empty theater
Laughter echoing
People forgetting their
Meager wage
Minstrel telling a
Whale of a tale
Of simple life
Of simple love
The audience
Laughing so hard
Tears spilling
Tomorrow night
Will be another tale
Another crowd filling

Eye of Your Storm

She courts danger
Just as easily the
Safe haven
Dancing her own wanton beat
Bells tinkling 'round her ankles
Her delicate feet

She is a storm
A reckless form
Contradiction
Without prediction

Allow her the freedom
To race across the sky
I promise
She'll keep coming back to you
A soft rain
A lover's sigh

Autumn of My Life

I'll see you
As the flaming
Leaves of autumn
Start to fall

After the harsh
Summer has passed
We'll see each other
Without the
Painter's contrast

Just as the
October moon
Redresses the night
Knee-to-knee
Letting go of secrets
Holding hands
Two hearts speaking
A language
Poets only dream
Of refurbishing on
Their blank page
Rosemary
Sage
Burn bright our love

You were mine
Before I met you
It's been a long
Lonely wait
It's in the autumn
When at last
The seal complete
Our fate

Muddied Petals

Wet soil dripping
A seed tossed in mud
Nitrogen & oxygen
Covering
Giving life-blood
Twilight
Petals tingle
Cracking shell
Softening earth
Opening
Succumbing
To the gentle rise
Lotus bud
Wiggling her way up
To meet sunrise
Greeting morn
She opens
Full on glory
Splayed
Quiescent beauty

Vanilla Love

Don't look at me
With your lustful glove
I want vanilla love

Perhaps I may seem
Like other women
It's how most men
See us all
Of this
I'm certain

Other women
I am not
I want
I need
The soft
Silky
Kinda love

Lick your lips
After tasting me
Sweeter than sweet
Tastier than
Tasty

Soft serve
In an easily digestible
Outer shell
Take your fill