Tangled Up In You

This day, like a warm woolen blanket
Covered the evidence of my hypertrophied heart
Gave me a plausible alibi for the resulting exuberance
And formed a lovely background for the artistry of two souls and bodies entangled in         the grass

Blue skies with scudding clouds
Were a worthy distraction 
From eyes that saw too much
And pierced through my flimsy facade like a sword  

Cerulean turned to cobalt
And white puffs of air to orange, pink, purple and gray
As the heat disembogued from daylight star 
Turned into the cold breath of night 

As I was lying down
Tangled up in you
On the cool, hard ground
I found 
That cold night air 
Doesn't stand a prayer
Against the warmth generated
From feelings that are shared

While I contemplated the rightness of the wrong
And the wrongness of the right
I realized that nothing within me was prepared, or willing to fight
The destruction of the darkness of solitary shade
An unconscious decision was made
And so I stayed...
And prayed
That the sweetness of those moments would not ever end
And that even though I could not comprehend 
How my friend and I could transcend
The boundaries of time and place
I would one day understand 
The magnitude of the gift we were given...(c)All Rights Reserved by Kristiana Bennett
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Vassell Avatar
January 30, 2012 at 10:11 AM
Love this is, beautiful.x
Brown Avatar
January 30, 2012 at 6:12 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved featured poetry this week Kristiana. Love, Carol
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January 28, 2012 at 7:46 AM
A beautiful write.... lovely .... Michael
Bennett Avatar
January 28, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Thank you Michael :-)
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