Darren White Poet Free verse

Nothing Fancy - Collaboration With Chris Green

I wound her around my pinky
   She wrapped her heart
      in cellophane 
and gave it me for my birthday 
   I gave her myself
      in rough paper

Nothing fancy, just the pieces
   she seemed to like
      no bows, no card
and she accepted it excitedly
   as if she somehow knew
      it wasn’t me

I painted her a cup and saucer
   she filled it to the brim
      with smiles
she added ample milk and sugar 
   to my canvas, white
      pure delight

As we sipped on memories,
   not those of the past,
      but coming
where a blank canvas waited
   anticipating brush strokes,
      colorfully expressed

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September 10, 2017
Copyright © Chris Green and Darren White

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Patricia Cresswell September 13, 2017 at 10:59 AM Very cozy and intimate, perhaps old lovers reuniting. Darren White September 14, 2017 at 1:44 AM Who knows :)

Connie Marcum Wong September 12, 2017 at 6:06 PM What a beautiful collaboration! I love the metaphors and the fact that your styles of poetry mesh so beautifully together. Lovely! : ) Darren White September 14, 2017 at 1:44 AM Thanks so much Connie :)

Maria Williams September 11, 2017 at 4:34 AM Love your collaboration as always Darren and Chris. Looking forward to the blank canvas being painted too....Maria Darren White September 14, 2017 at 1:43 AM So do I, Maria :)

Sara Ella September 10, 2017 at 11:33 PM :D Lovely and fun! A wonderful poem - I look forward to your collaborations <3 Darren White September 14, 2017 at 1:42 AM Yeah, love collaborating with Chris :)

Anne-Lise Andresen September 10, 2017 at 1:07 PM - Maybe not fancy ... but lovely, Darren & Chris - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Darren White September 14, 2017 at 1:41 AM Thank you Anne-Lise :)

Jean Murray September 10, 2017 at 9:59 AM Magical mischief makers you two. This is delightful. Darren White September 10, 2017 at 12:18 PM Thank you, Jean :)

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart September 10, 2017 at 9:35 AM Delightful pen my friends, tickles me deeply xomo x2 Darren White September 10, 2017 at 12:17 PM Thank you ma mo :)