I saw you bestride an alligator
swamp reek turning lilac, mosquitoes dragonflies,
baby alligators paddling alongside
your guard of honor,
a pterodactyl diving from the deepest blue
to shower you with tatters of torn rainbows
and the dry leaves
of autumn to come.
I woke up seeing you emerge from sand
waves freezing mid gale
foaming crests hanging in the limbo of indecision
separating gravitation from fantasy,
each drop imprisoning a tiny seahorse
a tiny siren combing its mane
and tiny sea stars tied to its tail blinking away moments of wonder
to shine between your eyebrow's tiny hairs.
I blinked to watch the inner of my eyelash's screen
and you
swimming in the crystal of my tear
deftly rolling the invisible boulders of salt
upon cymbals and across strings and through flutes,
your body crumbling into nightingales
pouring away from my eyes
to form the green in the leaves
and the reflections of butterflies in ponds crawling with baby kaleidoscopes.
I opened my eyes.
The silver of hesitating darkness buried in the linen.
A shadow breathing next to me
I touched it,
soft, silken, warm.
The darker shadow of ruffled hair on a creased pillow
an escaping sigh
a rustling sound as naked flesh stretched an arm
armed with five tender tendrils
and took possession of my wrist.
You opened sleepy eyes
watching me, questioning.
I dreamt of you, I said.
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Your dreams and your poetry are breathtaking. Can't choose any part to be better than others... sigh...
This is another masterpiece of your big heart. This is poetry beyond poetry. Sigh...
~Sonja~
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well, this is what come after... breathlessness...
thank you, sonja
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~ Nicolette
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"You opened sleepy eyes
watching me, questioning.
I dreamt of you, I said. "
The most tender & beautiful words any man could ever say to any woman. Sweet, thoughtful, incredibly loving words, my Friend. Bravo! (And "Brava!" to the lady who provoked such deeply genuine caring).
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inspiration, at the tail of a fluttering feminine kite, is endless my friend. thank you
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Stunning imagery....and so plentiful!! My goodness. LOVE the surrealistic feel to this, and the "dream." The voice is soft and delicate as the dream. So many passages linger in my mind, but my favorite stanza is:
..."I blinked to watch the inner of my eyelash's screen
and you
swimming in the crystal of my tear
deftly rolling the invisible boulders of salt
upon cymbals and across strings and through flutes,
your body crumbling into nightingales
pouring away from my eyes
to form the green in the leaves
and the reflections of butterflies in ponds crawling with baby kaleidoscopes...."
The metaphors just set so beautifully in my eyes.
I'm bookmarking this on for sure, and will visit often if only to escape to this world and dwell in it's colors. A truly incredible penning, my friend!
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a truly incredible comment, my truly incredible poetess friend, thank you
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