Notes About The Poem

The Door

A location, is different than a place.
There are many locations, but
There are only two places.
One is with you, 
The other is without.

I have traveled to the place that is you.  
I have paused frequently at that space 
Below your left ear 
At the base of your neck, 

It is the space where my lips 
Join your skin
Pressing my ear against your neck 
To hear your heartbeat quicken.

Against you there, 
With commingled hair, 
My breath flows down your breast 
Merging with your own 
Wandering back 
As a warmth against my cheek.

Here, there lies a door
Where I have left 
This earth before

To enter Heaven.
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Brewer Avatar
January 14, 2021 at 1:24 AM
Beautiful sensitive, sensual writing!
Rodrigues Avatar
January 13, 2021 at 7:02 AM
Vernon, a beauty! Love it! So romantic and sensuous.
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