Cartoon Crush

She feels a rush.

The wind moves like a pen

Creating; animation.

Dipping into rainbows

Like a paintbrush in a rodeo;

Drawing his cartoon crush,

& animating his pearlescent love.

Only dreams & technology can glimpse

This love that is wow;

Their love that is now.

Her hair

Is like a rainy night,

Dripping wet

And shining bright.

Her skin is oiled.

Her puppy eyes

And kitten face,

Woman hands

And feet are beautiful;

Pearlescent.

His head is tilted;

Mind spinning.

Hands like Atlas

Lay on his head,

As he looks at her

Like Columbus,

This

angelic animation;

His cartoon crush;

His pearlescent love.

As the sky un-crumbles

Like a wrinkled paper,

Their hands unfold

& touch at the tips of

Their fingers.

He feels her smooth

Pearlescent nails.

She sees his vapored breath

Surrounding them like

A starry cloud.

Feb 5, 6, 2018

Author's Note

What made reading this worthwhile for you?

Reviews

[M. J. Smith]

A cartoon crush indeed! Sad part is, I had one when I was a child. Daphne Blake of the Scooby-Doo gang. Ah, well, such is childhood. Thank you for the memories, my friend.

[Patricia Wedel]

Wow.. you win a trip to a Romantic Island
where Jamaican Jazz is likely played. My favorite line...
Her puppy eyes and kitten face. The ending lines
leave me weak and wonderful. tenderly, Pat

[emmajoy]

This is absolutely and completely graphic as graphic can be, full of glorious phrases and yet not overly
floral. There's an almost breathless feel to the wording, as if each phrase will somehow and suddenly explore reality. You use the word 'pearlescent' more than once, so I've been trying to find it.. seems to be a certain subtle glow.. not in your face' yet a prolonged light radiating all about the realist's private dreams or thoughts ot.. want.

' His head is tilted; Mind spinning. +
Hands like Atlas Lay on his head, As he looks at her +
Like Columbus, This angelic animation; +
His cartoon crush; His pearlescent love.'

[.]

Yes cartoon crush can be so exciting and titilating sometimes. I myself enjoyed certain cartoon characters and followed them thoroughly.... Like the Columbus line.... Obviously creating is like discovering.... Nice read

[Chris Shaw]

A love story in animation. How well you brought romantic imagery to this reader. You know I love some of the characters in cartoons so much. I find them more endearing than actors and actresses. You are obviously a big fan yourself. I enjoyed this read very much. Well done Cyprian.

Chris

[Fran Marie]

a love story told in
delicious descriptives
romance unfolds
"As the sky un-crumbles
Like a wrinkled paper,"

a lovely poem with
vivid imagination
so well expressed
in every line..

well done!

[Lydia Shutter]

OH MY!!! The imagery in this over the top romantic write is just stunning! I can picture the two of them....both head over heels in love. The similes, the metaphors, everything about this is fantastic, Cyprian. Fantastic! Lydi**

[Marina]

Having read a few of your poems now, i get the feeling you are a big fan of animation; it's a theme that has carried across a few of your writes and this one sits firmly in that category. You painted an animated delight here, a love that exists in pixels and paints and its cartoonish childishness just shines on the page. A very creative write, Cyprian. 💛

[Titilayo Sarah Eguridu]

I am in awe of your ability to paint beautiful pictures with words.
This did it for me.
“ As the sky crumbles,
Like a wrinkled paper.
Their hands unfold & touch at the tips of their fingers”
I’m curious do you sketch?

[jacob erin-cilberto]

it reminded me of my crush in grade school, Judy ....she never knew...but my imagination
went places with her...as if we were in a cartoon strip...and I could say anything I wanted to her...and she would respond with a smile and affectionate words back.
then I woke up from my daydream, and felt flushed, like Charlie Brown after spelling "maze"
as "Mays" in his spelling bee. The technology worked better in my dream, the colors more vivid.
j.