first thing this morning
your smile came to mind
i tried ignoring it’s beckon at first
until again, it drew near
i got back into bed
closed my eyes
and began gently touching hidden places
that kept you close
i was careful in my movement
stroking the whole of me
releasing sighs that once called for you
on mornings much like this
i gave in to the thrust
tracing every tender curve
and for first time in months
i became alive again
i lay there now with wilt
hungry still
for your worship
longing still for your smile
t.bennett © copyright 2010
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Tags: Emotions, Holding on, Longing, Love, Poetry, Thoughts, Writing
lovely, lovely poem. it’s been a while! so good to read your work.
beautiful. I agree with the above comment; it’s been a while and it really is beautiful to be able to read your work in progress. xx
I love the melancholic tone this piece brings. It’s emotional, but also very spiritual in the sense that the longing you feel is really never gone; it’s an emotional task that many of us are unable to feel or understand. Often, when we miss something, we misunderstand the very thing that brings two items together in the first place. This piece, as it does so eloquently, allows us to see inside your beautiful understanding of longing for a love that intimately encapsulates you right in front of our eyes.
So yes, you’re holding on, but you probably never lost it in the first place.
Great piece!
M.C. Davis
their presence always lingers even when they’re gone right? but we can only see them when we look hard enough..with our inner eyes…
i’m totally feeling this piece Tiffini, i’m kinda going through something similar.
i could sense through your words the intensity of your yearning as you expressed this. I love how you write because you write straight from the heart….a beautiful piece
josh