Love At Your Feet

An ebony tress flies over the meadow.
Disquietude of the heart; you look over the 
Marching troops, the veneration,
The last gleam of the marquis, 
Heading toward coiling smoke.

My wall crumbles, barreled down by war and a 
Hunger that wind can’t qualm, a thirst for 
Satin gentleness and pearl-like skin,
Amorousness swirls, 
Blending with incense perfuming,
The fervidness of hearts
Drumming, beat after beat, after beat,
Perpetual promises beyond the meadow.

Cannons pounding, reverberating reverence for our time. 
My heart deepens, cracking at the slender silhouette
That the wind can’t shake away, the vehemence of the beating heart 
Toward the meadow where the effervescence of your scent
Keeps me at your feet.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Scars Avatar
February 24, 2019 at 1:06 PM
loved every word! Congrats and thank you for your participation! -luloo
Nguyen Avatar
March 1, 2019 at 1:45 PM
Thank you Luloo for such a fun competition!!
Krutsinger Avatar
February 19, 2019 at 5:59 AM
This poem to me sang "Civil War". I could feel the truth of it. Nicely done, Lily.
Nguyen Avatar
February 19, 2019 at 9:57 PM
Caren, your words mean a lot to me! Thank you!
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