we never bruised the sands

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Open Poetry #49

we never bruised the sands

EmmaRose
Senior Member

since 2011-03-02

Posts 1376
Midwest

0 posted 2014-01-19 07:55 PM

We never touched the sands

we sat instead, on deck
and sipped the tonic
of the day

we never went too deep
to secret places
where the demons
and the darkness meet
for each, to reach the other
and soothe in tender ways

we never touched the sands

the foam, a tempting gateway
though we barely brushed it

our prints on late day tides
never taken,
our silhouettes, to never
etch engravings of this, a
one time day and place

we never touched the sands

we choose the comfort of the shoreline

sipping tonics
in the skylit haze
that now just fades your face

we never bruised the sands

alas !
the blessings and the curse
of superficial 'love'

not much more
to muse of you

not much for the waves
to wash away.

[This message has been edited by EmmaRose (01-20-2014 07:30 AM).]

JerryPat2
Member Laureate

since 2011-02-06

Posts 16975
South Louisiana

1 posted 2014-01-19 08:26 PM

I love this Emma. You were perfect with the telling of it and the ending was as perfect and the telling when this was written . . .

quote:
the blessings and the curse
of superficial 'love

and . . .

quote:
not much for the waves
to wash away.

This one grabbed me.

The good Lord didn't create anything without a purpose, but mosquitoes come close.

OwlSA
Member Rara Avis

since 2005-11-07

Posts 9347
Durban, South Africa

2 posted 2014-01-20 02:52 AM

EmmaRose, I challenge you to write a more beautiful poem than this.  I don’t think that even you can do so.

I feel and understand the particular kind of sorrow in this.

You deserve a man who has as beautiful and evolved a heart and soul as yours.    May you find one.  You deserve only the very best.

Owl

Gale
Senior Member

since 2013-06-10

Posts 578
Russia

3 posted 2014-01-20 04:38 AM

"the blessings and the curse
of superficial 'love'"

It's brilliant!

JamesMichael
Member Empyrean

since 1999-11-16

Posts 33336
Kapolei, Hawaii, USA

4 posted 2014-01-30 08:19 PM

nice...James

Richy
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 3050

5 posted 2014-01-30 09:02 PM

ooooohh Emma i really enjoyed this.. your writing has such a special way about it..

i always look forward to reading you

this sounded like a favorite song to me

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