Submissions by Temptress15 (SoulfulOneToo)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Spring Fever
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My Imagination
I thought I saw
that look in your eye.
The one that gently asks
if I might want you, too.
The look that
shyly confesses to a longing
before each of us turns away
pretending we didn't both feel it.
In the quiet moments
is your heart silently screaming,
begging for answers
to questions we dare not ask each other?
Is it my imagination
or is there a depth of feeling present
neither of us anticipated
that goes beyond the mutual respect and adoration we have for each other?
Let us continue to pretend
we are only...
that look in your eye.
The one that gently asks
if I might want you, too.
The look that
shyly confesses to a longing
before each of us turns away
pretending we didn't both feel it.
In the quiet moments
is your heart silently screaming,
begging for answers
to questions we dare not ask each other?
Is it my imagination
or is there a depth of feeling present
neither of us anticipated
that goes beyond the mutual respect and adoration we have for each other?
Let us continue to pretend
we are only...
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Puddle Jumping In The Rain
The pavement is scorching my bare feet
As the sun sizzles my shoulders.
The air is thick and sticky.
A stillness and quiet are all around
In the distance, the sky is rumbling.
We will have some reprieve
On this sweltering summer’s day.
A gentle breeze disrupts the tops of the trees
They sway and whisper
Sshhhh, sssshhhhh, ssssshhhhhhh
Clouds encroach upon a spotless blue
Growing ever darker as they move
The sky grumbles louder
As the trees have the humidity blown from their leaves
The first raindrop pelts my shoulder...
As the sun sizzles my shoulders.
The air is thick and sticky.
A stillness and quiet are all around
In the distance, the sky is rumbling.
We will have some reprieve
On this sweltering summer’s day.
A gentle breeze disrupts the tops of the trees
They sway and whisper
Sshhhh, sssshhhhh, ssssshhhhhhh
Clouds encroach upon a spotless blue
Growing ever darker as they move
The sky grumbles louder
As the trees have the humidity blown from their leaves
The first raindrop pelts my shoulder...
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Diamonds in the Grass
It tickles my feet and it sticks to my feet
As I run through the dewy, cool, clean grass
Spraying my legs
As I bathe in the first warm rays of morning
The dewy diamonds glint in the sunlight
Little rainbows dance among the grass
I hurry to gather them all up
Before the sun steals them away.
As I run through the dewy, cool, clean grass
Spraying my legs
As I bathe in the first warm rays of morning
The dewy diamonds glint in the sunlight
Little rainbows dance among the grass
I hurry to gather them all up
Before the sun steals them away.
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My Betraying Heart
Again, you appear to me in my dreams
as the you I know in my waking hours.
All the neutral, boundary laden banter;
the blunt and snarky remarks;
the mutual respect and admiration.
Once again, you convey a longing
through your eyes.
A silent question asked of my heart.
I acknowledge and turn away,
unanswering your gaze.
Unmistakable tension growing between us.
A real love born of friendship
with a potential for so much more.
7:42am....Get up!
Kids need to get to school.
"Bye honey, have a nice day...
as the you I know in my waking hours.
All the neutral, boundary laden banter;
the blunt and snarky remarks;
the mutual respect and admiration.
Once again, you convey a longing
through your eyes.
A silent question asked of my heart.
I acknowledge and turn away,
unanswering your gaze.
Unmistakable tension growing between us.
A real love born of friendship
with a potential for so much more.
7:42am....Get up!
Kids need to get to school.
"Bye honey, have a nice day...
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Poker Face
We stare each other down;
each waiting for the other to fold.
You play your cards like a pro.
Or at least I'll let you think so.
You stay unreadable
while I attempt to call your bluff.
A flirtatious remark,
and a heated glance to fluster you
and throw you off kilter.
No dice.
You deflect.
How strange that you did not
succumb to my charms,
unlike every man I've ever met.
I raise.
Your ways are more telling
than the cards...
each waiting for the other to fold.
You play your cards like a pro.
Or at least I'll let you think so.
You stay unreadable
while I attempt to call your bluff.
A flirtatious remark,
and a heated glance to fluster you
and throw you off kilter.
No dice.
You deflect.
How strange that you did not
succumb to my charms,
unlike every man I've ever met.
I raise.
Your ways are more telling
than the cards...
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Love is Looming
I am fighting frantically
to keep my head on straight.
My mind is plagued by every nice thing
you do or say to me.
Wishing it to be a figment of my imagination
that your kindness towards me is sincere.
Hoping that a stealthy agenda lay hidden
just beyond my intuition.
Please drop the proverbial ball
and allow me to see a flaw
that will forever damn you from my mind,
freeing my heart of this impending love for you.
My curiosities are taking over
and I long to know what lies just beyond the walls that surround your heart.
Is...
to keep my head on straight.
My mind is plagued by every nice thing
you do or say to me.
Wishing it to be a figment of my imagination
that your kindness towards me is sincere.
Hoping that a stealthy agenda lay hidden
just beyond my intuition.
Please drop the proverbial ball
and allow me to see a flaw
that will forever damn you from my mind,
freeing my heart of this impending love for you.
My curiosities are taking over
and I long to know what lies just beyond the walls that surround your heart.
Is...
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Psychic Encounter
Certain times of the year
I feel more perceptive than usual.
Maybe it's just wishful thinking,
but yesterday I found myself
unable to stop seeing us
in my mind.
An out-of-body,
voyeuristic scenario
plays out in front of me:
We find ourselves
in a small space
me in your arms,
back against the wall
you breathlessly anticipating
our first kiss....
and then...
you kiss me.
Deep and full of meaning.
A long awaited and anticipated moment.
Hands grasp and wander my torso,
gently coaxing, almost...
I feel more perceptive than usual.
Maybe it's just wishful thinking,
but yesterday I found myself
unable to stop seeing us
in my mind.
An out-of-body,
voyeuristic scenario
plays out in front of me:
We find ourselves
in a small space
me in your arms,
back against the wall
you breathlessly anticipating
our first kiss....
and then...
you kiss me.
Deep and full of meaning.
A long awaited and anticipated moment.
Hands grasp and wander my torso,
gently coaxing, almost...
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My Treasure
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Arcing Desire
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Hidden
The words
I long to speak to you
linger in the spaces
where you can not hear them.
Jut beyond the reach
of your ears
is where they hide.
The moment we hang up the phone,
the second you walk away;
those words silently fall
from my lips,
crashing to pieces at my feet.
My heart breaks to know
what we can not be
as I watch you
share your affections with another,
wishing it were me.
I long for the days before you,
when my heart ached more
for the passions
of creativity and movement;
The...
I long to speak to you
linger in the spaces
where you can not hear them.
Jut beyond the reach
of your ears
is where they hide.
The moment we hang up the phone,
the second you walk away;
those words silently fall
from my lips,
crashing to pieces at my feet.
My heart breaks to know
what we can not be
as I watch you
share your affections with another,
wishing it were me.
I long for the days before you,
when my heart ached more
for the passions
of creativity and movement;
The...
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