Pleasantries Au Printemps

Women—

I know we make you all sick.

It’s springtime and birds start chirping,

So we’re on a quest for powder blue sky trysts.

It’s just that in the midst of all that hibernation,

We realized what we missed.

Rose buds and tulips and butterflies,

And

Bumblebees.

Lilac thoughts of you on top of me.

 

Women—

I know we make you all sick.

It’s just that the breeze moves us with ease,

Which enables us to come out of our mouth slick.

Whistles and cat-calls when you walk by,

With that gloss sparkling on your lips.

Short skirts and dresses,

Fragrances dripping into my personal space

Is a blessing!

Watching you flow like wind.

 

Yes, women—

I know we make you all sick.

Any other way wouldn’t be considered natural,

Would it?

Let’s aboard this hammock and cliché,

And soothe in the summer rain if just for today.

I’ll gather you sunflowers to garnish your salad,

And you can have it your way.

Maybe if I’m lucky—

We’ll make love until May.

 

Yes, women—

I know we make you all sick;

But this time is precious,

So please let us have this.

Besides,

We need you like you need us.

Let’s go coast on this dove—

If you dare fall in love.

 

 

Reviews

[J. Hampton]

Okay.. I recall you writing a piece last spring w/ a title like this
You are one scary cat...
Nothin' predictable about you or your dome-flow
Only-you could rock a merge on the ethereal and contemporary and ..."rock it'

I loved these two lines ...they just fell across my heart like a warm breeze

"Let's go coast on this dove-
If you dare fall in love."

"Is a blessing!
Watching you flow like wind."


Blesssssssssssssss

[Jadarae]

Hot dang this is good!!

"Besides,

We need you like you need us.

Let's go coast on this dove-

If you dare fall in love."

And even when you men make us sick... ya'll say stuff like that
and then we can't help ourselves. LOL
Very nice piece!!!

[SM Davis]

Yes, women-

I know we make you all sick;

But this time is precious,

So please let us have this.

Besides,

We need you like you need us.

Let's go coast on this dove-

If you dare fall in love.



This is a BEAUTIFUL poem...and I don't think it's so much that you make us sick as it is you (men) ARE THE MAN and in such thinking we women lose our identity in your eyes....(men's eyes that is)...

You are a fantastic poet my dear. This is stunningly honest and vulnerable. I love it!!!!