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I lay my face against thine own
here captured within the moment
within the gentle indentation...

soft cotton kisses taken
freely and frequently
from pillow puffed lips

as traces of your unique scent remain
to ease your absence

my fingers playfully tease your hair
left as if a love token
amongst the yet warm creases
of your immaterial form

I smile with eyes now wet
yet shed no tears
for sadness alludes me in these moments
of solitary joy

for you are not gone from me
as long as I can hold you close

as I have done so many nights
with hewed hands
that caress with such tendeness
your features

here captured forever in my heart.
Let me now
rearrange the stars
forming fresh new constellations
with whispered
promises
and kisses softly blown
upon the solar
winds
taking debris of long dead worlds
and making fresh of them
this thirteenth sign

the heart

that beats in rhythmic pulse
with every breath
you take

let it guide yours always back to mine

let it's heavenly body
reflect thine own

and when other lovers gaze upon it's beauty

let them too feel as happy

as I do now.
 Nov 2012 aj heatherly
Marian
Sunrise beautiful,
You always light up the sky,
I love to see you!

~Marian~

Can you still spell
S  E  X  Y
with
just
your
left hand?
We dig it all,
in this *digit
al age
... when advances
in technology,
never slow,
a hand
held

**... right?
Now,
will this
remind you to
charge
your phone

;~)
 Nov 2012 aj heatherly
Jo
Raw
 Nov 2012 aj heatherly
Jo
Raw
I think I've been a little lost lately.
Maybe more than a little.
This dull ache takes shape of your voice.
It lulls and tugs repeating familiar soothings

Past words of comfort now are readily sharpened
As I close my eyes and attempt to drift
Yet, I am tethered to the waking hours
How I weep for neutral slumber


Denial burns a fire deep into the hours
As I evade past recollections of your touch
Floating in bitter melancholy
This eternal blending of the not easily forgotten

Slowly I begin to peel off the layers
My protective armor, now as brittle as parchment
Easily sloughed off leaving the inevitable truth
vulnerability seeps to the bone

Then words that acted as knives
Become my salve as I (defeated) apply
Wrapping myself in the old familiarities
Gently cursing you (me) for feeling so raw.
 Nov 2012 aj heatherly
Sun BLVD
Was I supposed to dream for you lover?
I've forgotten the things I once thought I knew.
Those moments we shared under covers,
When the skies were clear and our heart's were true.
Perhaps I sung you too many love songs.
Perhaps you didn't prefer my tune.
Perhaps I lost my memory in February,
Unprepared for your arrival in June.
My soul cried out to you then,
Now my soul weeps for me.
My eyes have dried and left tear stains,
Saline's plastered on my cheeks.
Excuse my wince dear lover.
Winter came and went.
When spring sprang I sprung from your covers,
And my heart hasn't looked back since.
I may have forgotten the things I thought I once knew,
Like how you held me til I was ensconced in your scent.
But the pain you've caused dear lover,
I can't help but not forget.
Ting, Tong--ocean is a mason--hear his chisel ring,
deep down, always erasing, with a Tong, Ting.
glassy stone is what his frothy sizzle brings.
anchor lines vibrate like heart strings.

A Ting, and a Pong, no more beloved chiselled font,
those dates gone, because the ocean is a mason,
and when I submerge into his basement,
Tong and a Ting, his craftmanship sings.

and those swings, vibrating anchor strings,
with a pong and ping, bring you to shore
his backswing, causes waves to pour,
bowing prow of windjammer rides contour.

and his distant Ting, commands the wind,
they are bellows for him, but throw your hat,
watch it come back again, a Ping and Tong,
the ocean is a mason, hear his song,
with power to rescind, nothing is gone,
throw your hat to the waves, watch it come back in.
submerge your ears// and hear the Tong and Ting.
bleak reality
meaningless amounts of me
i can never compare
to the love that you both share

you need her and she needs you
one without the other is just not fair
destroying one another
plumes of smoke
ashes of hope
ounces and ounces of love to ignite you
without her there would be no dreams to die to

fearing the flight
motionless we lay
she awakens you
and into her you divulge
deep and low is where you converge
somehow she pleases you
never having to tease you
her body releases you
her voice pleads with you
high and wide is where your pain resides

tempting you with unspoken promises
lighting the sky
she fills you
and into paper you merge
mouth open
lips relaxed
her memory fades
up and away
up and away
this is the part that hurts
releasing her remains
up in smoke your love for her will never change
High up in a tree
An orange and battered leaf
Twists, turns and flutters
The passing raven calls,"prruk!"
Beneath the dark blue mountain
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