Of Books and Her

"Please hold this dear," she said while weaving through

Her hair with fingers made of clumsy bone

And left me in possession of her book;

"We rarely share this luxury alone,"

 

She said while flicking strands of hair that slipped

On ears that were attuned to poetry.

"So.. Where do you propose we go today?"

She asked, and smiling, showed her mastery

 

Of ways to freeze a human soul through lips

And all I could was mumble like a child,

A rabbit caught in hazel eye headlights.

She laughed and grabbed my hand with sudden mild

 

Compassion. She could see my ravaged state

Of being, through her all consuming look.

"I think we'll stay and talk alone," she said

And left me holding both her lips, and book.

 

 

Reviews

[Rita L. Sev]

Such a sweet, honest moment passing between two lovers. Some great imagery in this piece - "a rabbit caught in hazel headlights..." Nice!

[Angi]

Ahhh! Two of my favorite things! Sweet kisses and books. Well done, this got me smiling this morning!

[Abdul Aziz]

I'm glad my poem made you smile. There's nothing more a poet wants.
Thank you for the kind comment.

[Rick Puetter]

Very nice, Abdul,

And I'm glad to see my friend, Dinesh, has also reviewing this poem. And I agree, there are some very nice lines. I, too, like the one Dinesh has selected. Very powerful.

Greatly enjoyed. High marks.

Best regards,

Rick

[Abdul Aziz]

Thank you for your kind review!

[Dinesh Sairam]

I minute I saw "showed her mastery/of ways to freeze a human" I knew I was going to like this. "And all I could was mumble like a child" is a great phrase too, especially considering the situation of the poem. Though I doubt "hazel eye headlights" adds to this piece in anyway. It's not a bad metaphor, just not as good as the others.

And I don't know if this had actually happened to you. But if it has, great going man! And it is about time, too.

Keep writing.

[Abdul Aziz]

Thanks for the review! I deliberated a lot on "hazel eye headlights", actually. But decided to include it anyway.