lushly on the bayou

your dark sails skim my cheek

fluttering with every beat

like destiny spools unwinding

into the shimmering lakes at night

capturing a wayward wind

great wide sails semi spoken

 

to taste that wild breath

caught tangled in my hair

sweet as the motion of kiss

exhaling to the heat of a desert

 drifter

stealing my cells and the shadows

in my soul

brush my lip with your eyes

taste

 the avenues of my burning descent

speak low in murmurs of midnight

 

two a.m.

the way you speak of rain

like its essence can be explained

the way you smile

 like the sun itself consumed your skin

 

something in the way you move

calls to me

calls so deeply to me

as your dark sails skim my cheek

and my heart flutters like feathers

in your palm

Reviews

[Art Sun]

your thoughts express the depth of reaching into the very essence of touch and the mind holding those very sensual and carressing senses of love, caught between the views of Nature and those sails of midnight...a very thought provoking poem Christie...exceptional...

[Julie Watkins]

Some wonderful phrasing in this 'dark sails skim' and 'destiny spools unwinding'.

A very gentle piece, love the title.

[Kyle]

So, so Sweet! I like this. :0)

[Ryzo]

Loved the use of the words! Think you made my heart fluttering like feathers too. Nice one! :)

[annie minus]

This is sensually stunning, I love "To taste that wild breath caught tangled in my hair" - some really good lines in this and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it. Annie :)

[Forest Green]

Brilliantly written, expressing peaks of enchantment and desire, blending it within flutters of reality, mutually expressive and compelling...from beginning to the final line...!

[Robin]

each scene shimmers in sensuality ~ wonderfully written

[Neva Flores Smith - Cha..]

Christie your words are magical and so tender........beautiful piece!

[L]

'dark sails' very evocative. sensuality and endearment too... nice piece

[Ed Hart]

i like the way you sail your words