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Maps 10 Marking Latitudes |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
Remembered~ Morning stretched red silk sash across the clouds And I ,on one elbow, looked contentedly at the pale flush of pink That illuminated the rise and fall of cinnamon breast As you slept involved in dream I would never know But would draw upon the small of your back As you in another night might rise to elbows and read to me While I captured the ebb and flow of tides That comes with listening to you recite the verse of Rumi We might touch then the silk And draw boundaries along the sea, our paths and gardens marked In careful hand so that when we woke Some other morn to the sounds of streets Our ways could wend back along the maps we’d made As we now named days as on would children Conceived in fertile weeks of twined arms and legs When sighs and the soft breath of wind Wafted through the window We watched minutes run…. But this day has begun and I lay content for now To watch the light of sun reveal the curl of hair And the lips soft part Remembering with fingers touch The topography of your cheek and the elevations of brow As will I the memories of lips that touched my own In a surrender un bartered by words or phrases written On the velum of fairy tales I drew with quill Fine lines then to cover the shoulders Naming regions after the hurricanes I knew And upon the hips I penned them in an indigo To match the deepest of the seas we’d seen Epilogue “you remember her well” my companion said in a soft voice “and you remember her for the good and strong qualities of life” he added as he turned to walk away “I have business to which I must attend” he added over his shoulder “ the only sure things” he laughed softly “are Death and taxes” “Yes” I said softly “and the love I have for her” “Sometimes” he said as he stopped and turned “there are things not even I can explain” [This message has been edited by Cpat Hair (07-08-2010 12:55 PM).] |
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bel1e Senior Member
since 2006-07-24
Posts 1631 |
~what a lush and vivid landscape, Chief~~~ <3 |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
ah, many thanks Ma'am... especially since your eyes have seen this before. it ends the Map Series, and I thought to get it out of the way, tie up that loose end to the previous postings. LOL |
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Dark Stranger Member Patricius
since 2001-03-19
Posts 13631West Coast |
being a voyeur in this series has been a pleasure..(as it usually is, being a voyeur I mean)now I shall don my map print speedo and my cowboy boots and scurry to the beach so some middle aged vixen can savor my topographical features as you did those of the lady in your poem...  |
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Cpat Hair
since 2001-06-05
Posts 11793 |
(chuckling) Well no one wishes to see me in a speedo and cowboy boots, but good luck with your middle aged vixen and enjoy the beach. Thanks for dropping by... always appreciated |
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