You Echo, Silent Still

"I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways" - Rumi You were there and I was there no one else to interrupt our silence Closing my mouth, I inhaled deeply the scent of your cologne Intoxication - a sublime surrender of the sense as I let my fingers trace the path my eyes had blazed across your face and you reciprocated, mirroring my touch as your lips and fingers lighted reverently on my cheeks, my eyes, my mouth The thrill of new love hung deliciously in beauty’s hush around us A hundred ways I must have touched your face as a hundred kisses you were placing up and down my neck above and beneath my ear lobes Silent shivers of anticipation made way at last for the softness of your sweet mouth on mine Young love, so wondrous, so fresh - you echo - silent still - in the caverns of my fondest recollections I wrote this and posted it 5/8/15. I feel it is one of my best for romantic free verse. The title given us by a contest sponsor really inspired me because this is a true story, and it is exactly how I still feel many years later!