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Linda J Howes Poem
"Trust me," he said, and gave me such an impish grin it melted my apprehensiveness. "I wouldn't lead you astray." And so I did, trust him, and let him lead me down the garden path.
He took my hand and led me away
He took my hand and led me astray
He said he wouldn't but he did
And just like that I quickly bid
Adieu to childish ways and such
Like a current was his touch
As he took my hand it tingled so
I almost pulled away,
But no
Once joined together a connection was made
That could never be broken or be betrayed
My heart was pounding,
Could he hear?
Our bodies side by side,
So near
Did he feel the same as me?
Was he also waiting expectantly
To take me up in his embrace
Nevermore to be chaste.
Among the grasses, we'd lay supine,
He'd press his lips, hard, on mine
His tongue he then would slip
Inside my mouth,
I shuddered with the thought of it
I closed my eyes momentarily
Waiting, expectantly
And then just as suddenly
He said, “here it is, come see”
While moving the boughs of a massive tree
Revealing something surprising there,
Pointing it out, with such care
Carved in the trunk, were four initials
Within a heart, he had chiseled
"Do you think she’ll like it?",
he grinned that grin,
"She’ll love it," I said,
As I looked at him
His eyes so clear, his hair a mess
He couldn’t tell, he couldn’t guess
How close I was to loving him
That hope I'd had now had dimmed
"Trust me" he said and so I did
With tears burning behind eyelids
It was I who’d led me astray,
And down the garden path away
From what wasn’t real
Or meant to be
But even momentarily.
What bliss
I felt that one time
With the thought of his kiss,
So sublime
“Trust me,” he said, with that impish grin
But it was I who’s thoughts desired sin
Copyright © Linda J Howes | Year Posted 2024
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Linda J Howes Poem
Her name is, Lucy
Her twin is Ricky
He is green with Envy
Because I’ve left him behind
There’s no ‘splainin’ to do
Nothing more to pursue
I just simply knew
All I could do was sigh
She purrs like a kitten
I was totally smitten
When my eyes
First upon her
Did lie
My thoughts preoccupied
By my diamond in the sky
Our twin stars aligned
Hers and mine
This union well-timed
We’ll ride the highlands and the low
Oh the places we’ll go
The curves and the bends
Wherever life sends
Us
To venture with flair and gusto
Together as one
At once I’m undone
I love Lucy
No more to see
Or say
Copyright © Linda J Howes | Year Posted 2024
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