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Open Poetry #29

Prelude to a Kiss

jwesley
Member Rara Avis

since 2000-04-30

Posts 7563
Spring, Texas

0 posted 2003-10-23 06:56 PM

Prelude to a Kiss

Dug in the soil today,
in the little garden I have out back –
on my knees there,
letting the dirt run through my fingers . . .
I missed you –
beside me, on the left,
where you always knelt when we worked the ground,
together,
playfully tangling our fingers . . .
prelude to a kiss.

Funny –
I want you more right now
than I ever had,
I’d hug you,
I’d kiss you,
I would meld our bodies right there,
on the ground
where our hands played in the soil.
I would love you
as you've never known it,
may never know it again,
but will always remember.

But the soil, the garden, is out back,
and I’m sitting here in front of the t.v.,
remembering,
feeling the way I want you,
wishing I could speed up the evening,
so I could turn out the lights,
and show you a real,
prelude to a kiss.

w. james beard, jr.
(c) october 2003

[This message has been edited by jwesley (10-23-2003 07:21 PM).]

Paul Wilson

Member Elite

since 2002-07-07

Posts 4711
United States

1 posted 2003-10-23 07:15 PM

jimmie...Tender write, A special moment shared between you and yours. Thanks for sharing it with us...Paul

"To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you"

Magnus

Member Laureate

since 2001-10-10

Posts 14135
South Carolina, USA

2 posted 2003-10-23 07:31 PM

Excellently written Jimmy, this is a gem
of a write. Enjoyed the way it comes
together..

passing shadows
Member Empyrean

since 1999-08-26

Posts 45577
displaced

3 posted 2003-10-23 08:47 PM

what a longing ache I feel in this

nice write

Enchantress
Member Empyrean

since 2001-08-14

Posts 35113
Canada eh.

4 posted 2003-10-23 10:45 PM

Oh my!! This is SO beautiful!
Your heart is showing Jimmy...
and it looks good on you!

Hugs~

~Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile~

ThisDiamond
Member Rara Avis

since 2002-02-22

Posts 9353
Michigan, USA

5 posted 2003-10-23 10:49 PM

Another excellent poem Jim.
Always enjoy your works. TD

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