{mistletoe}

better than cameltoe

your hands hold me in place

my urge to resist gone without a trace 

as you pull me into your embrace

longing dripping from your lips

the way your eyes sparkle

scintillating only just for me

right here - right now

puts all christmas lights to shame

i feel my cheeks burn like the fireplace

my skin coming ablaze beneath your touch

butterflies? ha. that silly word

puts every emotion within me to shame

how i can't look away from your face

the way you lick your lips

anticipating my taste

puts an entire candy cane forest to shame

i hold my breath as you draw nearer

my lips yearning to feel your kiss

oh silly me, dear reader

not the ones upon my face...

Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Oh the metaphor is delightful
your usage of it far from frightful
let it poem, let it poem, let it poem.

Love this one, lavender...especially "i feel my cheeks burn like the fireplace" and puts an entire candy cane forest to shame."

I like the use of lower case "i" as I often do that in my poems because I think the content is more important than the speaker...
j.

[living lavender]

thank you for such a lovely review!
the song was a classy touch :)
something about lowercase makes the words silent but the emotion alive.
{merry christmas.}

[Rania M]

Romantic! I like that candy cane forest. Bit sticky but so sweet.

[living lavender]

best kind around ;) lol
{thank you for your sweet review.}

[Chris Shaw]

Wow, I can feel the heat from across the pond. Great metaphors here in your stanzas lavender.

Chris

[living lavender]

thank for your kind words!!
{always a joy when you stop by.}

[Gee]

Brings to mind images of BIG women wearing far to tight stretch leggings :)
Has me chuckling here in the UK

[living lavender]

hahaha. this image brought a smile to my face.
:)
{thank you for the laugh.}

[Kane Hagwood]

Well jingle my bells and call me a nutcracker, that was spicy. Forgive that awful opening, but I wasn't sure how else to drop into this. This wonderful poem makes me think of a few poems of my own brewing in my head. The last two lines make me smile, for multiple reasons. For the obvious ones, and for the second to last line in particular. That voice. That sense of style. "Dear Reader." I know it somewhere but just can't put my finger on it.... Either way, it makes me smile.

Also "Better than cameltoe" is the best description for a poem I think I've ever read.

Thank you for sharing this spicy poem. Consider the halls decked.

[living lavender]

hahaha - best holiday opening thus far lol.
i am glad my camel joke did not go unnoticed! read morehahaha - best holiday opening thus far lol.
i am glad my camel joke did not go unnoticed!
it was too good not to put as the description.
{thou art bussin' with this review.}