Soon Mellow

Soon rest mid cups of yellow

gloss reflected on pale skin

emergent freckles smile return

while bees drone by with grin

a hazy sort of lazy,

side-ordered with content,

soon rest with me in meadows

where all summer days are spent.

Soon tickle chins with charming

belles, these buttercups,

simple yet disarming

lemon drops that raise me up

soon, so soon, the green grass,

with wild flowers blooming there,

will tremble friendly mellow cups

sun-dappled in breezed air.

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And Sigh

expelled in breath of scented flower mist, missed

as a dream in the night, kissed such kiss,

mere mist expelled on a breath missed.

And sigh.

Shed

I fall apart in you,

like a flower,

Petals scattered,

fallen far

and near,

In darkest dawn,

in daylight’s midnight hour,

I fall apart

in you

and shed a tear.

Snowflakes

Lantern lights

Relieving

Winter’s dark

Herald spring

And summer

With skylark

Bestowing hope

Darkest nights

Have gone

Alternate snowflake

Brighter

Days to dawn.

Image courtesy of BerndH Wiktionary

Sensory Opiate

Petals perfumed for the purpose,

Sweetly scented just for us,

Scattered from above to rest abed.

Fragile flower fragments,

Tinted pink and white pigments,

Pillowing softly our two heads.

 

Subtly stirring in the air,

Bouquet of roses in our hair,

Drowsy opiate of love’s addiction.

We turn and gather close,

Bodies melding head to toes.

Soporific lovers’ benediction.