I'm Choosing to Love You

To trade the twinkling colors over your exposure

for stretches of celestial brights;

the weighing of these two

has me staring at the stars to

the point of blindness.

To pass up your tender touch

for the warm wind as it whips through Rogue Valley,

funneling to find my face

and kiss my cheek just as

softly as you do.

To attempt and mimic your eyes

in the dusty clouds caught in

the moon's dawn,

the slowly growing opaque of iris

when Luna crests that range.

To replace all my favorite things

I constantly leave behind

with the only things I can find beauty in now,

is the way

I'm choosing to love you.

Reviews

[Leap]

I can' believe no one has reviewed this yet. You used the word opaque for Christ's sake. I don't know if it's such a great idea to say everything I'm thinking or relating this piece to...No. Not right now. I'll tell you in person. However, I will tell you how much I love it. The use of "tender touch" is more than appropriate here. The overall feel is tender and has a one-of-a-kind lover's warmth to it. This kind of thing can never be replicated or mimicked. My favorite line is, "To replace all my favorite things // I constantly leave behind." I'm not sure why. There is something about it that stops my eye and makes me focus. I think it's because I know exactly what a statement like that means. By the way, good choice. Night

[Soul Magic✯]

beautifully expressed. your imagery is amazing... loved the flow in this piece. keep doing your thing

[MagiCrystal]

Beautiful write..

[Gary McDonald]

Well, all I could manage after that was a sigh, such beautiful language. A truly wonderful poem.

[Naomi Montana Walsh]

I feel as if I have read this before, I do like it very much it is all the things poetry should be

[Jonhoi Vaughn]

Very heart-felt! Vivid imagery! Its just one of those poems that I have to re-read and smile. The poem is very gentle to the very end. I saw Emily commenting on this and thought I'd give it a read. Worth every second. Thanks for the breath of fresh air! And keep writing! ^_^

[Emily B]

this is wonderful . . .