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LeeJ
Member Patricius

since 2003-06-19

Posts 13296

0 posted 2006-05-31 06:56 AM

he kept saying
“the sea brings me warm coffee,
where sighs rise
to keep close
your feelings”
his shoulders were huge,
but frozen silent…

i reddened, at his words
standing motionless
in some time, floating
across my mind…

it was nice
to hear
him pacing
back & forth...
on the other side of the wall…
where he lives,
years away,
from my world

i can hear
the sputtering
of his words

sinking

sinking

limply into feet
that tippy toed away
where he waits,
for time to grow…

on tides that search
for appropriate membership
in the pockets
of longing things
which seem
to me
like a penal system

that turns you backwards
into fictional voiceovers

lifting forbes to
blue veins of society
were months
are busy directing
work he
completed years ago
where creatures become
the stuff of
mountain whispers &
natural barriers

savage fires
embroidered
a wedding dress
in his thoughts
from an honest man’s life,
he finds surprise
along the way

where winter
slams doors
in the chest
of infatuation
cumbersome
bursts of pride
with the idea
of fantasy
in his mind
living life to the fullest

as if a 2007
xk jaguar
with
broadband connection,
becomes an option
for romance?

…it seems unbearable…
those muffled cries
of church bells
in his thoughts

of standards

of cheerful flames…

and that story line
of unstained love

that allows you to
live each moment
as it happens…

he hopes i escape
the miles
yet purchases
an interest
in my 24 year old
mind

free of charge…

vanishing an infinite
poet’s fancy
that
prepares
for
nothing
and is never on time

swinging like a chimpanzee
on a fruit tree
never expecting much

i can taste his open stairway,
with a vice-like grip
under a silken coverlet
where my lips slightly open
by the smiles of his dreams

i like his fairytaleish plot

he doesn’t hear
my pillow cry
to
some utterly
powerful call
or
the
wanton
of
freewill

…that eventually,
I won’t be able to resist

while bending over
and
depositing a sleepy kiss
he smiles
a thoughtful gaze
that stands alone,
in my reflection
like a black servant’s dress

and i wonder
if
manhood
realizes
companionship
making last minute arrangements
streaked
with a lock box
of
psychic previsions that
will
not
surface
untill it’s to late

today
is one of the best
sleepless nights i’ve had

perhaps
i’m good enough to publish?
with a little background color

can I identify
with someone else’s novel?

from the companion
who read me
from start to
finish…
smiled
and still can't put the
book
down?

“Odd” I think,
“I’ve traded my previous
room mate..."fear"
for a romantic heart”
the one I wouldn’t allow
to
taste
gypsy spices
for so long

not so morbid
or
depressing
to loose a little sleep

over
thoughts
of loosing autonomy???

fair
trade
for
love
don’t you think?

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

1 posted 2006-05-31 07:15 AM

Good morning Lee, Lovely read as only you can give us. martyjo

Earth Angel
Member Empyrean

since 2002-08-27

Posts 40215
Realms of Light

2 posted 2006-05-31 08:45 AM

Lee, I got goosebumples all over my cherubic body with the brilliance of this write. I honestly cannot even find the words to express how truely awesome I found this poem. A

for sure!!!!

Linda

nakdthoughts
Member Laureate

since 2000-10-29

Posts 19200
Between the Lines

3 posted 2006-05-31 09:17 AM

Your words fit me well today...I will probably wear them for the rest of it.

M

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

4 posted 2006-05-31 09:19 AM

so many great lines
all I can say is WOW

Seymour Tabin
Member Empyrean

since 1999-07-07

Posts 31720
Tamarac Fla

5 posted 2006-05-31 10:14 AM

LeeJ,
I think. LOL Wonnderful write.

[This message has been edited by Seymour Tabin (05-31-2006 12:00 PM).]

XOx Uriah xOX
Senior Member

since 2006-02-11

Posts 1403
Virginia

6 posted 2006-05-31 11:39 AM

There are several on here who's names come to mind when I think of the term "poet".
Their name arises in my thoughts...not just as an example, but almost as a definition.
LeeJ is such a name. You amaze me. Thrill me. Chill me. Take me. Send me.
I'm putty.

SmartChick
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-09-23

Posts 7081
On A Journey To The Unknown

7 posted 2006-05-31 12:24 PM

A fantastic write, Lee J. One, I understand.

Honeybunch
Member Rara Avis

since 2001-12-29

Posts 7115
South Africa

8 posted 2006-05-31 03:19 PM

Thank you, LeeJ, for another wonderful journey and it's okay to get a bit lost because it's always better the second time around. So many images and good lines - incredible!

Martie

Moderator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-09-21

Posts 28049
California

9 posted 2006-05-31 05:14 PM

LeeJ

Lost within your words, I feel!

iliana
Member Patricius

since 2003-12-05

Posts 13434
USA

10 posted 2006-05-31 05:49 PM

Superb entry from a truly romantic poetess, LeeJ!

......jo

JL
Member Ascendant

since 2004-04-01

Posts 6128
Texas, USA

11 posted 2006-05-31 06:12 PM

I do agree with all the above!
Very nice read.

JL

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

12 posted 2006-05-31 09:46 PM

Is there a fair trade for love? James

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