pauses


quilt in waves a rainbow ocean 
  etheric your ambrosia whiffs 
     whirling my waist

I wash dishes
       rain swallowing chores, blood red hot 
garden path waits your stoic tread

   rockery longs for guitar thumbs
       astral breath brushes rose petals
            sun rises steady in fall sky ~

sorrow songs reaps benefit of time
   your initials melded to mine in rhyme
         astral skin blankets my chest

               stormy waters  
                     do not drown 
your pauses

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Rodrigues Avatar
May 27, 2026 at 7:03 AM
Ooh, this one could be admired line by line for a long time! So good! Congrats! A fave!
Daniels Avatar
May 27, 2026 at 9:48 AM
ThkU for visit, Kim. I appreciate. Trust your health is improving. Xx.
Rodgers Avatar
May 26, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Dear Ghairo, O' like someone living in two dimensions at once, the grounded world of dishes, rain, chores, and the parallel astral current where intimacy breathes in symbols. I personally think it feels like a study in attachment, how even in distance, the body seeks the other through scent, rhythm, and pause. Stormy waters may rise, but the connection doesn’t drown. Blessings, Daniel
Hind Avatar
May 25, 2026 at 1:27 PM
gorgeous, Ghairo- loved it all!! <3
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