No World Without Thee

A scent of gardens fills our bed

To thy roses and lilies I am led

No sand or stone nor steely rim

The earth no more than thy soft skin

Thine eyes contain both sea and sky

In thy deep gaze I'm drifting by

To taste thy world is beyond a dream

In our shadowed garden, a lover's scream

As my river floods thy trembling form

Thy sigh’s sweet wind doth make earth warm

Oh thy gardens so bright above

There is no world without thee, my love...

Author's Note

"We lie in each other’s arms
eyes shut and fingers open
and all the colors of the world
pass through our bodies like strings of fire."
~Marge Piercy

Reviews

[Priscilla Sayers]

By the way that is one of my favorite paintings 😊

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you for your beautiful words. And Klimt has always held such a passionate vision in color. A poem in brush strokes.

[Priscilla Sayers]

What a marvelous piece
I revel in the lullaby like grove it paints.

[marcus]

I think love, always, is the best answer, good one!!

[An owl on the moon]

Ah, marcus, yes! Love and more love, always!

[Lydia Shutter]

Deliciously flawless rhyme. So very romantic. A gorgeous love poem, Craig. Lydi**

[An owl on the moon]

Thank you for your wondrous, uplifting words, Lydia. :)

[jeannemarie coulter]

superb penning...the flow of images like a river into one...excellent

[An owl on the moon]

I do so thank you for sharing your thoughts and kindness. :)

[zephyr]

Lovely and earthy. Full of allure. Loved this.

[An owl on the moon]

Appreciate your words so much. :)

[Gypsy Warrior Queen]

what a beautiful lover's ode...so rhythmic and flowing! I can hear it call to me to be said at the closing of each day as our heads lay sleepy and our love embraces. You possess so much magic with that loving nature of yours! It's fabulous!!!!!

[An owl on the moon]

I appreciate you enchanting my page with your words, dear friend! Thank you for always making me feel again the joy of letters and lines. :)

[kmartell]

Love beyond time is relationship made made between two, which cannot break. Even by those lovers who have created that love.

[An owl on the moon]

Ah, how wondrous your words. Yes, for twin flames there is no going back; only forever merging into one.

[Beccy]

If we cultivate well and without thought to our own needs, we will always reap the reward of love blossoming.

Beautifully penned. Beccy.

[An owl on the moon]

How wondrous the way you express it, Beccy. Thank you!

[Marie]

A soft and lovely love poem...I had to read it twice before I discovered the eroticism in it...

[An owl on the moon]

I am glad you took a second look. The world is so sensual all around us. Thank you, Marie.