At the Gate of Dreamland- My First Contest Entry and Win

I know you are there On the other side Waiting anxiously for me There at Dreamland’s Gate So I close my eyes tight To hurry myself to you Hoping sleep comes quickly To carry me to your arms Which are reaching through the portals… Ready, anxious, longing To envelope me And whisk me away To places that are forbidden to us On this side… Distance Commitments Obligations Keep us apart And so we rendezvous In enchanted Dreamland! There…I see you! And I run into your arms And I feel the warmth of your breath On my neck And the strength of your arms Around me And I hear your voice Whispering in my ear… “I thought you’d never come!” And I let you lead me Through the flower strewn pathways The profusion of vibrant colors Are dizzying in their beauty Their fragrance heady You hurry me on To a secluded spot Beside a murmuring stream An enclosed garden Hemmed in by weeping willows trees Their branches- the curtains that you sweep aside As you carry me in And lay me down on the bed of love You’ve prepared I gasp for breath As I realize for the past moments I’ve been holding it all in Afraid I’ll awaken! I look up at you Drinking in your beauty I caress your face, my fingers Running along your full lips As my body Slowly melts At hearing your pledge of love Flowing like the voice of the stream Promising that you’ve forsaken all others And I’m the only one THE ONLY ONE… Who makes you feel truly alive Who makes your heart beat quicken And ignites the fire in your soul I try to speak But I’m silenced by your kiss Tender… Sweet… A questioning kiss And so my lips speak to you In a language my voice cannot “You’re the ONE! Take me…here now… Take me…do with me what you please… Do all that as young lovers we were Deprived of doing because they tore us apart! Here…now…my love, make up for lost time I’m yours!” You pull away and look into my eyes Wanting to be absolutely sure Satisfied by what you see You start to undress me To claim me You do with me what you please With no living soul to hear I cry out your name in throes of ecstasy Again and again Till I am spent… You run your hands through My damp hair Waiting for me To resurface My eyes flutter open to see Your smile of victory Of possession Of love realized…finally! And I smile, contentedly… Knowing…. That though you will never be mine, We are in a place that no one can invade This place is ours On the other side of Dreamland’s Gate Is our secret meeting place Ours… Now and forever Every time I close my eyes! Eileen Manassian May 8, 2013 I don't join many contests. I join ones that really MOVE me, and ones that I feel I can really do well in. I join contests where I can try out a new form. I didn't join contests for the longest time, and I remember being encouraged to do so. I joined Kim's Free Verse contest right before the contest closed with this poem. I had written it and deleted it due to its sensuous nature. Then I decided to repost and enter it into my very first contest try...and it won first place! It will always be special to me. I wanted to relive the moment.