i was holding my breath,
the cool breeze grazed
the back of my neck, shivers
racing up my spine to defy
the inviting glow of a summer
fire heating up this
space between us
inches separated us, and i
was dying to bridge it,
longing for you to reach out
seconds stretched out with
a silence as full as the
greatest conversation
a smile brushed your lips,
and lept to mine
a nervous laugh interrupting
the perfect silence
and turning us into two
children, tumbling and
tickling, hugging and ending up
on our backs with the
entire night sky spread before us
my head on your chest,
i began to breathe again
Author notes
looking back, it could never have been better.
inspired by the first summer evening photo.
A contest entry
- Summer/Winter – Picture Inspired by aestival.
600 points, ended May 26, 2007, 11 entries
Gold trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Wow... "I was holding my breath/ ... / I began to breathe again" was lovely. You really captured the feel of summer, I thought. I liked that the whole poem seemed to only take the time of a heartbeat, but brought the emotions there to life. Nice write!
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