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Scorched My Heart

You scorched my heart.
In small corners laughter lives
light phrases that dance through
dark
        places
                     illuminated
                                         candles
                               oh how
               you shake
foundations,
feebly protected

Your voice dances through
my dazed thoughts
hazed vision, with your eyes:
glimmers
                   mischievous
                                          marbles
                       bicoloured
forever etched
amid little wrinkles, silvery spun
in a web of evermoving mystery

The tips of my fingers know
your skin ticklish giggled
Oh how you stamped
small
         imprinted
                          signatures,
              everywhere
permanently

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May 17, 2017 
6th place in contest: Right here in my Heart
Sponsor: Mystic Rose

Copyright © Darren White | Year Posted 2017

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Jean Murray Date: 5/27/2017 4:22:00 AM Now I am dazed. Amazing as always. Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/27/2017 7:47:00 AM Jean, thank you :)

Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/26/2017 6:14:00 PM Very nice, Darren! Congrats! Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/27/2017 12:55:00 AM Thanks Kim!

Janice Canerdy Date: 5/26/2017 3:24:00 PM Darren, congratulations on your win with this lovely poem--great use of personification! Janice Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/27/2017 12:55:00 AM Thank you so much Janice :)

Carole Duet Date: 5/24/2017 3:14:00 PM Passionate and deep, Darren. A poem to remember...especially that last verse. I love it. Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/27/2017 12:53:00 AM Thanks Carole!

Chris Green Date: 5/24/2017 8:15:00 AM Yep, I was right...I don't stand a chance. My word Darren or better yet, your words...simply amazing. What an incredible and well designed poem you have presented. This one blew me away. I'd say good luck but you won't need it. This is a winner for sure. Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/24/2017 8:38:00 AM Hahaha, if I counted the times people told me that, but the judges ruled N/A???? I never say that anymore. And honestly, yours is soooooo beautiful, I don't stand a chance :D

Maria Williams Date: 5/24/2017 7:21:00 AM I see this is for a contest, good luck, but in my eyes you are a Winner already. A7++ Dear Darren.... Maria xxx Login to Reply Maria Williams Date: 5/24/2017 7:28:00 AM Ok shall do lol Darren White Date: 5/24/2017 7:25:00 AM pssst Maria, tell Mystic I have won ;)

Winged Warrior Date: 5/23/2017 6:57:00 AM A heart filled poem my little penguino friend...god bless & best of luck...^WW^ Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/23/2017 7:57:00 AM Thank you :)

Lisa Ricci Date: 5/22/2017 7:00:00 AM Hello Darren. Top of the afternoon to you. If a heart must be scorched then this is the only way for it to be done. My goodness Darren everything is right within such expression and execution and within life itself. Love should be as you say to feel alive. You once again met the emotive factor. Good luck with the contest. Have a wonderful afternoon penguin. Wonderful in its entirety. Honestly Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/22/2017 8:07:00 AM Hi my friend :) I hope Mystic likes it, but if not, I am still satisfied with it, and will keep polishing till I am satisfied. We hope for a good day today!

Anne-Marie Coreggia Date: 5/21/2017 9:33:00 PM I love the imagery in this poem Darren and how you skillfully accented some of the words with your formatting, making them dance off the page into our mind:) Amitiés Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/22/2017 12:19:00 AM Thank you Anne-Marie :) I hoped people would indeed perceive the formatting as dancing. Your comments tells me I may have succeeded.

Andrea Dietrich Date: 5/21/2017 7:30:00 PM Wow, Is this for Mystic's contest? I really like this. The ending is my favorite part. They are like a tattoo, forever etched. Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/21/2017 11:45:00 PM Oh indeed Andrea, I never noticed the contest, but I entered it with this poem, thank you :)

Verlecia Fields Date: 5/21/2017 9:14:00 AM the poem made me think of everlasting true love - with soft touches and caresses Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/21/2017 9:20:00 AM You got that right, that was indeed my intention :)

Jan Allison Date: 5/21/2017 8:46:00 AM what a beautiful love poem Darren I love the way you formatted it too:-) hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/21/2017 8:59:00 AM Thanks Jan, happy you like the formatting too :)

Sara Ella Date: 5/21/2017 8:26:00 AM Love the different pictures of.... is this a cat??? Hmmm This one with all of the senses, is a lovely poem. <3 Login to Reply Sara Ella Date: 5/21/2017 11:01:00 AM :D Cats are cool! I like the way you have the words spaced so that reading them gives pause and accents each word. Cat or no cat, the memory seems like a lovely one. :) Darren White Date: 5/21/2017 8:56:00 AM A cat? Haha, silly friend!

Tim Smith Date: 5/21/2017 8:06:00 AM Some beautiful thoughts here my friend. May heart beat forever strong. Login to Reply Darren White Date: 5/21/2017 8:55:00 AM Thank you, Tim :) May our hearts just do that!