Love Taps

A tousling love is tender and fair,
So terribly gentle in its strikes and shoves,
It shows the joy that she still cares.

Love taps,

Lest I flinch and get upon her nerves,
Alas, she learned my play, so now it’s real,
She taps a little harder when I swerve.

Still delicate,

Into these gentle taps of her attack,
No horror finds me in this bliss of force,
Her laughter lights the mood, and I go slack,

She knows,

A tousling love is what my taste demands,
So strike me down and I will let it land.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Empress Avatar
May 8, 2026 at 1:08 PM
I really love your way with words, you write so eloquently and in such a heart touching manner. I think you might do an exquisite job on my prompts /contest. Please have a look , and see if they inspire you! And thank you for supporting my poems too. I am going to follow you to read more of your beautiful poems! They move me! Sending you light, always
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May 13, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Awe. Thank you, I'll for sure check them out. I adore your way with words, it is always a treat to my ears to read them out loud... I am still jealous of how musical you are. (A good jealous hehe.)
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