A Petticoat Diary

A Petticoat  ( female ) Diary/..........By Sami Khalil

(She lived in hope , died in despair)

Her desire to be loved and to love for there were no suitors for marriage.

Based on a true story when I was growing up

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On those days...

She dances like wild flowers

fluted by dulcet tones

gazing in sweet sorrow

upon utter solaces.

She, who passed star-lights

became a shadow of under-toned shimmers

wandering through life's wild affections

where heavy sighs became her measured void

looking for bucolic warm glows silhouetted 

in sweet sensations.

On those nights...

She cradles dreams in tender desires

in a veil of bashful smiles

where the indelible ink is saved 

for someone special...for keeps.

Still, she deserves a golden ring

and a clandestine house with stepping

stones to paradise of petaled gardens

where love is tickled to death for eternity.

On those months...

She survives in timeless beauty

brush-stroking the outlines of

her erasable heart, looking for 

hands to recreate her rapture d joy

living on just because; of fantasies 

on rainy afternoons with no parasols

losing herself in the chill of winters.

On those years...

Constellations glow brightly

and dim softly in sashays of dusted

apparitions when she dances her

last dance!

On those diaries...

Reviews

[A]

My interpretation: Every day "She dances like wild flowers", every night "she cradles dreams in tender desires", every month “she survives in timeless beauty", and throughout the years "she dances her last dance". But she owns an “erasable heart” and “Constellations glow brightly” for her. What she writes in her diary no one will ever know…
This poem of yours produces sweet tears inside my heart!

[sivan]

you create beautiful imagery in this poem... it captivated me and i had to read to finish...

[Heather Burns]

a good write on a diary. sometimes love just does not happen. a good imagination.

[Inspiring Writer]

A good Imaginary created by you. Flow seemed great once again. well inked up :)

[KeelyJane]

Such excellent imagery in this this one. It flows so well and captures so many emotions. Nice Pen my friend.

[J. Kell]

Beautiful and melancholic. You seemed to have captured someone's whole life in a poem.

[KAOlmsted]

This is simply beautiful, Sami...I'm so pleased I read this this evening. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.

[Karen]

Such a lovely poem with its beautiful images and timely expressions. I like the idea of surviving in timeless beauty through diaries... that is precious. Thank you for this beautiful poem!

[Hana Saemon]

l love this! it is one that captures the feelings of most women, unable to find a suitor, yet yearning for love. great write!