A Sailors Tale

Let me tell you a story.

A Sailors Tale

 

 

The sun was burning a hole into the horizon

As it fell asleep into a fading orange ember

Setting the stage for twilight's celestial kingdom

To raid the eyes of those that stand before it

 

Dusk was giving her body a radiant glow

Gleaming a ghostly silhouette

Into ripples of animation

Upon the waters edge

 

She was curious in her gaze

 As she watched me watch her

Splash the luminescent waters

 Onto the bare shores of her inviting breasts

 

Her eyes in their majestic mystery

Locked onto to the part deep inside of me

Awakening both elementals

Of the earth and of spirit

 

I found myself adrift

As my feet found no sandy beach of which to set me in motion

The distance between us slowly became the space

We both now intimately occupied

 

Her soul was as naked as her Ivory skin

Which glowed from the moonlight's gentle kiss

I could see all that was inside her

When my hand touched the treasure chest of her beating heart

 

I was frozen by the moonlight framing her unnatural beauty

And thawed by the torch of her magical touch

She drank the essence from the moist regions of my lips

Marooning the tides of the salty sea

Left to wave in the tastes of my memory

 

I heard her speak to me

When I brushed the sandy hair from her eyes

Without ushering a single vocalized word

She told me the secrets that were hidden

Locked away inside the sea

 

The deep oceanic sapphires in her eyes

Swirled like distant galaxies

Hidden behind polished glass

Hypnotizing me into a mental romance

 

We lay under the blanket

From the warm light of a trillion stars

Living in an impossible moment

Taken from a midnights dream

 

The sun was waking up

As the winds blew it into a roaring fire

Lighting the diamond strewn beach

And the golden silk threads

Contouring the curves of her glistening body

 

Her eyes said to me 'it was time'

As she moved towards the edge of the retreating tide

Glancing back inside of me 

Releasing her grip upon my soul

 

I watched her until she disappeared

Underneath the ocean's vast expanse of mysteries

Returning its greatest secret

That will forever live inside of me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Sophy Freebirds]

Your words delicately weave this story.. as if lulling the reader to a peaceful slumber. The way your words wrapped their wings around me and took me in this flight of sailor's story. I loved it. The two aspects of of adoring her and second as her heart opened up to you are really written in a gripping way. A really stunning piece of poetry. :)

~Sophy

[Lyn Anderson]

I like this, well done over all fantastical romantic tale.
Two things I noticed -- assuming you chose to leave out possessive apostrophe's to not break up the text.
You got snagged by the lie/lay conundrum. Instead of lied it should be lay, which is past tense of lie as it is used here. :)

[Chris Micha]

Thank you! I will change it up. 😃