A Memory of Summer

You rose from the water shimmering wet
O, light on your fertile frame glistening
Umbrella in the azure sky, my hunger set

Intense where you curved and was dripping

Like a petal lifted on a wind, you ran to me
Over sheets of golden sand. We clung and kiss
Velvet flesh against velvet skin, the memory
Elicting sudden rushes of joy, an elixir of bliss

And none can know the quiet peace of that day
Love certain as the sun before you went away
Wind wash in perfume where the jasmines spray
Amorous magic upon the summer day of May
Young we were, with dreams of diamonds on the tide
Senseless I was to court the tragic moon as bride.

Joy is a memory sweeter than the gritting sand
Of pain. When age has wrinkled you like a flower
Yearn to stand there again, I will hold your hand.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Brown Avatar
May 4, 2012 at 5:55 AM
Congratulations on your win in Frank's "A Summer Memory" contest David. Love, Carol
Johnson Avatar
April 30, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Nicely done. Congratulations. Love, Joyce
Song Avatar
April 30, 2012 at 7:53 AM
Congrats on this super sensual rhyming delight! What a nice flow you have! Gwendolen
Roberts Avatar
April 29, 2012 at 9:44 PM
truly romantic piece, congrats on your win in the contest
Richards Avatar
April 29, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Oh, what a beauty this is....it is bliss o read, and that last stanza....melancholy and sweet!! I love your poem! Congratulations, David.
Tams The Golden Girl Avatar
April 29, 2012 at 5:08 AM
Hi congrats on your win, sorry this is a cut and paste congrats, I am on my hols with limited connectHi ionXX
Grisetti Avatar
April 15, 2012 at 9:06 AM
Such a cherished memory or fantasy, it is a great depiction of the past and future love.
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