Gilberto and Catarina

we take to cobblestoned streets,
hand in hand, hats flapping in the sea breeze
we have changed our nondescript names,
to something decadently/wildly Spanish,
you are now Gilberto, and I am Catarina

you tell me i walk like a samba,
so you try to walk like a don

we make fools out of onlookers
and passersby, we make delicate towers
out of tiny tea-cups, we lick
the cherries off the vanilla,
we steal the silver accoutrements

the quaint pictures out of their frames,
i thought love was through with us,
we bore each other with stories and lies,
we make the bed, instead of laying on it,
we gossip behind the stars and leave the moon alone

it has been a long time, i have stopped counting,
since i saw you naked, since we last kissed
since we've felt so empty without it, now you fill me
in about your latest conquests, without apologizing
it's been awhile since i last saw you,

drinking me with those brown eyes of yours,
stealing me from the gaze of the moon

asking me for something like a kiss

Reviews

[Lydia Shutter]

You brought us to the scene with the intricate imagery touching on all the senses....I liked that. Very sensual and romantic. Much more polished than your other writes. I liked this one. Lydi*

[highonwords]

thank you,ma'am, for the review and visit, always appreciate your thoughts

steph

[gabrielle]

The mention of cobblestone, seabreeze, Spanish made me think of Asia's Latin City... i am not really sure what is your intent but somehow this could be about being in love with a friend.

[highonwords]

Gilberto and Catarina just popped in my head, more like sashayed around my head, then i took notice of their naughty little escapade and jotted down what i saw and felt about them

steph

[Lyn Anderson]

From this I get the feeling of a couple enraptured with each other, oblivious of the world, reveling in their love. Well done.

[highonwords]

hi kl - thank you for the kind words, always appreciate your visits

my best,
steph

[boblakin]

Didn't know what to expect from the title. What I got was enjoyment. Some of the lines are classic, the third stanza in particular, conjuring up a picture perfect image of two people taking their ease in a pavement cafe.

Genuinely fine writing here.

boblakin

[highonwords]

hi bob - thank you so much for reading and for the comment - Gilberto and Catarina just popped in my head - they took me walking with them until we reached a cafe - and i saw Gilberto in my mind, staring at Catarina, i just trailed them and jotted down the details like the journalist i've always to become

my best to you,
steph