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Under My Palm
Retreating
stillness envelops
the shadows,
your skin pink
in afterglow;
you are all
I was promised
Reassuring
(myself)
you’re real ~
not fantasy
but flesh and blood,
my deepest hope
personified;
beneath my fingertips
a heart surrendered ~
the higher the rise,
the harder I fall
Realizing
depth of connection
all too late
for any hope
of escaping unmarked;
this nondescript
standard-fare hotel room,
its intimate details
later paling ~
fading to whispers,
while the shrine I built
to the only moment
my life was ever perfect
increases in vibrancy
Risking
everything
under my palm,
my love, forever
etched in stone
while you slept
soundly
stillness envelops
the shadows,
your skin pink
in afterglow;
you are all
I was promised
Reassuring
(myself)
you’re real ~
not fantasy
but flesh and blood,
my deepest hope
personified;
beneath my fingertips
a heart surrendered ~
the higher the rise,
the harder I fall
Realizing
depth of connection
all too late
for any hope
of escaping unmarked;
this nondescript
standard-fare hotel room,
its intimate details
later paling ~
fading to whispers,
while the shrine I built
to the only moment
my life was ever perfect
increases in vibrancy
Risking
everything
under my palm,
my love, forever
etched in stone
while you slept
soundly
Published 2nd Nov 2020
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2nd Nov 2020 2:13am
This is such a tender profession of intimacy, Luna. Not only toward the other, but yourself as well.
Very gentle and reverent in the observing and recognizing.
Very gentle and reverent in the observing and recognizing.
2nd Nov 2020 4:37am
Thank you, Ahavati 💜. I blame lazing about on the couch reading Lord Byron most of the day lol.
2nd Nov 2020 6:10am
2nd Nov 2020 6:16am
Anonymous
3rd Nov 2020 00:41am
Byron agrees with you. Or being lazy does. A well penned dream of a poem come true.
3rd Nov 2020 5:26am
Anonymous
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4th Nov 2020 00:53am
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4th Nov 2020 4:39am
4th Nov 2020 5:04pm
Gorgeously proportional and intimate. It's the first thing I read today that stopped my breath as I drank it in, wanting perfect stillness and silence. A hallowed experience.
4th Nov 2020 5:43pm
3rd Jun 2021 7:30am
Paints a picture of him lying in her embrace, especially:
Risking
everything
under my palm,
my love, forever
etched in stone
while you slept
soundly
Risking
everything
under my palm,
my love, forever
etched in stone
while you slept
soundly
