And In Words, She Blooms

Her curves are rinsing their endless constellation
beneath hot rainfalls of white shower steam,
which is why I stand quiet, sinfully agape even
and willfully paralyzed by an ambrosia of slender echoes.
A drunken prize fighter, dazed by countless punches I spin
from the twirling parasol of her sexy, fitted hips-- when finally, 
as the winds of lust muffle in her bath towel, she chuckles
her red-petal lips contour the silent words.. “I love you”  
I'm hit by the crack of thunder that that stops everything
dizzied by the just-popped blossom that steals all the newborn light,
the kind that even moribund butterflies take drifting detours to see
before their wings lose all starlit desires to fly above the soil.
Here.. somehow.. in the question mark of my good fortune
she stands like a bouquet of lightning, catching, and natural.
Her light tips over a glass of my words, spilling incoherence everywhere 
my senses scramble to pick up scattered bits of tongue-tied sweet talk
but I admit defeat, I admit hilarious defeat.
I turn ten shades of red, still-- after six years of marriage
I am the thorn-- she is the rose-- and together we make love.


August 23, 2016

Copyright © | Year Posted 2016



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Date: 9/14/2016 6:44:00 PM
so beautiful and romantic Sam many congrats on your win:-) hugs Jan xx
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Date: 9/23/2016 12:18:00 PM
Thank you, Jan-- you are so kind with your feedback, always welcomed :)
Date: 9/14/2016 4:13:00 PM
Ahhh Sam, keep writing romantic poetry like this and your rose will be yours forever! This is magnificent! Congratulations! 7 ; )
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Date: 9/23/2016 12:17:00 PM
I certainly hope so, for without her my garden is bare-- thank you for the kind comments :) Have a wonderful day!
Date: 9/14/2016 1:14:00 PM
Sam, the last line is beautifully written, wraps up the whole theme of the poem :) congratulations on your placement :)-luloo
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Sam Jameson
Date: 9/23/2016 12:16:00 PM
Thank you, Laura-- I appreciate the read. Have a great day :)
Date: 8/24/2016 3:15:00 PM
Ditto to Nicola's comment, you are a marvel, truly a poets poet, always a delight to read you Sam, this was a romantic treasure trove. A bouquet of lightning? Really? Where do you get these from? Oh I know same place you found the bullet through a snowflake! Haha #7
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Date: 8/25/2016 9:01:00 AM
Thank you, John-- you really are too kind. There are much better out there than me.. but I just enjoy the craft. It lets me harness some of my over-stressed thinking and 'create something'...so I touch the needle to the vinyl and write what I hear in my head-- sometimes it works, sometimes no. But I'm glad some of the writings offer you a few smiles.. makes things even better. Have a great day!
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