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Open Poetry #48

How Do You Do It?

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

0 posted 2012-01-23 11:25 AM

HOW DO YOU DO IT?
23 January 2012

How is it that
when I try to bow my head
and look away
after these four secret seasons with you
the second time around,
you sing me every time
in your Ivan Rebroff bass
to heights beyond the skies
and yellow-billed kite swoops
and swirls of sunset colours
and ocean swells and depths as cool
as flames of summer sun are hot?

And you unclip my hair
and laugh when it blows
in your smile-eye face
and I throw off my high heels
and run from you barefoot
through our meadow
with you mock-chasing me
letting me win a little ground
before you catch me

and we fall first-laughing
into each other’s arms
in the green pasture
and golden afternoons

and as our eyes lock
our laughter slides
slow-magic
into swoons
of lost-in-us.

Owl

bel1e
Senior Member

since 2006-07-24

Posts 1631

1 posted 2012-01-23 12:37 PM

absolutely measmerized and swept-up by the feeling in this~

loved it~~~

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

2 posted 2012-01-23 01:06 PM

Our hearts rejoice... when they're made complete. *S* This is so beautiful!!

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

3 posted 2012-01-23 02:08 PM

Thanks, Belle and Ruth. Glad you enjoyed it.

Owl

Michael

Moderator

Member Rara Avis

since 1999-08-13

Posts 7666
California

4 posted 2012-01-23 10:12 PM

Purely magical. A lovely reading

Michael.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

5 posted 2012-01-24 02:17 AM

Thank you, Michael, for your kind words.

Owl

Alison

Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-27

Posts 9318
Lumpy oatmeal makes me crazy!

6 posted 2012-01-25 01:18 AM

oh, man. I love this. Bring it on, Owly one. So beautiful.

A

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

7 posted 2012-01-25 01:51 AM

Laughing and smiling happily, Alison. Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.

Owl

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