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

[Rob Funk]

This one is awesome as well, someday I shall find the right one, I read about her and think of how happy I could make her.

[SHEEMA HUQ]

Oh so moving, this piece is filled with artful, descriptions, as refined as a cool slither of raw, fresh, trout, as delicately presented as a piece of Chinese silk, from the loom! You have captured a sense of retrospective intimacy, as if you were there with her all the time, just amazing Sami, thank you for sharing this!

[Georgia Gypsy]

Mystery, just enough information to make a person want to know more, and also enough to draw our own conclusions. Very nicely penned!
Enjoyed reading your work.
GG

[Prritiy]

Its touching, its beautiful- the feelings, the write and the accompanying pics too.

[Zahra]

Really beautiful imagery and nice theme. Very nice

[Sharon L.H. Kelly]

You took me on her journey through the days, nights, months, and years. Excellent piece!

[Mina]

Language provides imagery.
Really like it.
A good piece for asain cultures.
I'm a asian myself:)

[Aarea]

Interesting...I like your poem. I got confused a bit at first, but then it made sense at the end. Keep writing.

[Onku Ghosh]

A real treat!! The laguage you have used is amazing and the vivid imagery..........Great work,Sami

[SquinklaPsyOps]

Interesting "she deserves a golden ring
and a clandestine house with stepping
stones to paradise of petaled gardens"
Sounds like something kept her captive
and she just went with the flow and died
because she didn't defend herself because
she was taught from little that she needed
a husband to do that job.