Wear You

The true majesty of love.

I long to wear you like a softly-scented cologne,

to smell your essence around me when I'm all alone,

to inhale you with each breath from the moment I wake,

to taste you on the wind with every step I take.

I long to wear you like a satin or velvet glove,

to run your hands across my skin, yearning for your love,

feel you play my body like a harpist on his strings,

lightly touching my flesh with the brush of angel wings.

I long to wear you like a sparkling golden band,

always look upon you like a jewel on my hand,

see the star-light in your eyes as you look up to me

and know that you are exactly where you long to be.

I long to wear you like honeyed sunlight in my hair,

to feel your touch upon me, your kisses in the air,

to have you wash over me like a wave from the sea

and to feel your wet tongue as it savors all of me.

I long to wear you like the joyous curve of my smile,

to wear you like the laughter which echoes all the while,

to dissolve in the mist of you, the beat of your heart,

to wear you like a cloud-veil whenever you depart.

I long to wear you like azure heaven wears the sun,

to follow the paths you take wherever you might run,

to blossom in your love-light shining sweet and divine,

to simply be your shadow and know that you are mine.

I long to wear you like tender twilight wears a star,

to wear you like a dream come true in all that you are,

wear you every day and night, never to be shed,

to wear you like a comforter draped across my bed.

I long to wear you like a ribbon that tops a gift,

wear you like a garter belt beneath my satin shift,

wear you like a memory, the echo of a sound,

to wear you like a pretty charm dancing all around.

I long to wear you like the dew-drops on the flower,

to wear your effervescence, your strength and your power,

to wear you like the passion, the breath between a kiss,

to wear you like a love poem written just like this.

Reviews

[Pax Analog]

You have the voice of a timeless temple goddess.

One is reminded of souls wearing bodies, and the lover amplifying that, to wear the essence of the other, as one.

Your amorous symbiosis is so intent, there can really be no other; "like tender twilight wears a star" is so permeative as to impel pure seamless awareness AS the other, as much as oneself.

Your subhead "The true majesty of love" reminds me of an old romantic ballad of mine called "Let the Majesty." Your "wearing" is nothing less than Love's relationship to Form Itself.

Beautiful.

[David Scott]

I find few poems with repeating lines where I actual enjoy and look forward to the next stanza.
Your poem is an exception to this preference.
You gave me something new in every stanza. You kept bringing me back to center before bursting out on a new tangent. It felt like a starburst with the gentleness and complexity of a snowflake.

Very nice love poem!

[J. Alfred Prufrock]

(heavy sigh) wow, just wow. an aching poem

[Chris]

To be worn like a second skin...and teased so gently from within.

[Adelia Alighieri]

WOW! O_o
STANDING "O"!

I wish I could write like this; you have absolute perfection in your words! This is it.
Goes in my favorites =D

[Crowley]

I want to wear this poem like my favorite shirt that hides the fat.....nice job, this actually shimmered a bit, felt otherwordly, and flowed effortlessly. I really liked the consistency of the structure of the stanzas, that may not have been a conscience thing, but they were very tight. this was beautiful indeed. Nice job.

[Alice_In_WhateverLand]

Loved this so much, i shelved it as a favorite! thanks for sharing :)

[Awdures]

This was thoroughly full of longing and passion. I really wish more poets would take a leaf out of your book and just say it :)

Beautifully crafted and exotic, with a hint of tantalisation and the repetition of "I long to wear you" brings it home to the reader the voracious strength of your longing for this person.

Absolutely adored it!

[OkieWonKenokie]

Wow, I love this. I like how each stanza has I long to wear you. It flows so beautifully. So much of this is true. Your writings are so inspiring, touching, and true.

[FeliciaS (Poetic Prince..]

One of the best I have read yet!

[Vin]

This was incredible! The imagery, the flow, the rhyming, the many ways you portrayed of wearing your partner, it was all amazing! Such an astonishingly great piece here :] Great job!

-Beth