STEEL AND SILK

My love like steel and silk
      cuts through you 
            splutters your blood
                watermelon juice down a throat

Wipes it with yellow silken ribbon
             for you to suck afresh
                  that you may find your
                                 Godly seed within

My love like dragonflies and bees
       silently landing on stamen or pistils 
                alchemising nectar into patterned 
                                dust upon transparent wings

Earth rewards my love with morning glory 
       steel severs sunflower stems 
                  silkworms crawl into a wet rose centre
                              pollen stolen in sparkling dew

My steely silken love refreshed 
                     from your flowered stickiness
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October 5, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Wow dear beautiful talented soul, this is beyond breathtaking and beautiful to the mind and soul, i love your title steel and silk! And the depth of what youv conveyed here in such a poetic manner truly is impressive! I especially love “ My love like dragonflies and bees Silently landing on stamen or pistils Alchemising nectar into patterned dust upon transparent wings” you have a very deep understanding of not just humanbeings but also everything that breathes and lives! Just so creative and original! A fave this is for me! Sending you light always beautiful
Daniels Avatar
October 6, 2024 at 4:08 AM
Dear Inky U are not only an ethereal poet, but a lovely human & kind soul too. I am grateful to have met you here & for you taking so much time to read the poems of others. U should also be teaching poetry. Much appreciated. Love to U & all of Maldives. X
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