Spinneretta

How blessed was I to find you twined the foam Among the shells and spindrift you called home Sweet-spinning tales of sails and seas of suns To wrap me tight with myst'ry 'midst the gloam You bound great ships for trips across the sky Broad sails made light with angels' wings to fly A darkened sea of night and maelstroms, bold And deep as any dreams that might steer nigh You wound me stories fraught with ire, askance Great battles waged for distant shores to dance And with your grand penchant for lovers' duels Each ending dripped with honey-sweet romance You are the bright that did, with night, conspire With Luna's beautied madness, feign to buy her One starry necklace placed to grace the heavens Then twirled with Mars to set those stars afire Soft-shined within your eyes, a moon and sea That whispered to my heart what love could be All strung like precious pearls to trim your lips *Celestial musings that you said ... to me. ~ 3rd Place ~ in the "Brian's Choice A, Any Form, Any Theme" Poetry Contest, Brian Strand, Judge & Sponsor. ~ 2nd Place ~ in the "Poetic Lines From A Poetry Soup Poet - Vijay Pandit" Poetry Contest, Silent One, Judge & Sponsor. * From the poem "A Man From Distant Lands" by Vijay Pandit - Copyright © January 4, 2018 *