I have felt rain
falling
on top of my head,
heard soft crackling
of wood
and seen individual flames burn,
yet I know not this feeling that gushes toward
like the ocean
every time when I hear your voice.
It’s said that sensitivity is a staircase
each step
that we take allows ourselves to move in
another inch closer
nowhere to go
when you watch me as though I have got stars
in my eyes
I want to wrap my arms around you
as roots that grow
be the sun, the soil and wind
that your heart and soul requires to blossom
and never let you go.
You are nerves
You are sensation
soft petals red that swirl and caress my feet,
before you
I’d merely dipped into desire
as a maiden unaware of first love,
first touch.
It breaks away and spreads as ripples in a lake
past memories, past woes, past pain
I have held my breath time and again
at mere thought of pressing your lips
against mine
sweet is ardor
salty is ache
your gaze is enough to melt the hardest of beings.
Come February,
I am wind-chimes in the winter breeze
a mimosa plant
awaiting the slightest chance
that a beloved comes and sets me free.
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52 Responses
Strong emotions, particularly those fed by pheromones can be sooo overwhelming (often, in the best of ways). The tone of this piece makes me think of that. Of how love can feel, when it grabs us by the tips of everything we are and just takes us… no questions asked.
Awwww gosh! ❤️ Thank you so much, Magaly 😀 so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
I love each work!!!
Not WORK I meant, WORD. What naughty fingers.
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Thank you so much, Annell 😀 so good to see you ❤️
I do love this, though for me February is still so filled with weight… really
Thank you so much, Bjorn 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
New love and true love can be like this Sanaa. This is utterly lovely. I especially love the line,”I want to wrap my arms around you as roots that grow”….stunning!
Thank you so much, Carrie 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
How beautiful, Sanaa! So romantic!
I first read “stairs in my eyes” which kinda worked as well, haha. xo
Thank you so much, Marian 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
(and thank you for the lovely prompt) 🌹
You have conveyed the sensation of falling in love beautifully, Sanaa! You’ve captured it so well it the lines:
‘…I know not this feeling that gushes toward
like the ocean
every time when I hear your voice’;
‘I want to wrap my arms around you
as roots that grow’;
and the anticipation in the lines:
‘I am wind-chimes in the winter breeze
a mimosa plant
awaiting the slightest chance
that a beloved comes and sets me free’.
Awww gosh! ❤️ Thank you so much, Kim 😀 so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
This poem is especially gorgeous, Sanaa. I love “Sensitivity is a staircase”, the stars in your eyes, and, especially, your closing stanza.
Thank you so much, Sherry 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
This is a very beautiful poem, Sanaa. And i especially love the title.. You, therefore everything that follows.
Awwww gosh! ❤️ Thank you so much, Kerry 😀 so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
Oh man, young love… it lights up everything brighter than Times Square, NYC as it dances up and down every nerve ending we have.
Definitely 😉 thanks for stopping by, Rommy ❤️
.. an exquisite poem all about love!
Thank you so much, Helen 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Truly beautiful, Sanaa. Written from the heart!
Thank you so much, Susan 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
Truly beautiful, Sanaa, and filled with wonderfully expressed emotion.
Thank you so much, Mary 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
A wonderfully romantic poem for the month of February.
Thank you so much, Truedessa 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Full of the beautiful imagery and passionate feeling we have come to expect from you. All utterly gorgeous. I love the wind chimes image in particular, and ‘sweet is ardor / salty is ache’.
Awwww gosh! ❤️ Thank you so much, Rosemary 😍 so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
This is so sensuous and romantic. The yearning is so strong , the words so beautiful.
Thank you so much, Myrna 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Well I err um err kinda oh yes um loved it!
Thank you so much, Whitesnake 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
I love how you brought in all the 5 senses here….and you wove them together beautifully!
Thank you so much, Vivian 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Yes, this poem really is emotive, where the lead character is overwhelmed by love’s attraction. When love really comes into our lives we realize that all the previous dalliances were but nothing compared with the real thing. How beautifully you expressed those feelings Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Robin 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️
Whenever Hank comes for a visit here at your blog Sanaa, Hank is made to feel so young at heart. You have invariably on offer something for those in throes of love and affections. Thanks for the happiness in feelings, Ma’am!
Hank
Awww gosh! ❤️ Thank you so much, Hank 😀 so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
It’s said that sensitivity is a staircase
each step
that we take allows ourselves to move in
another inch closer – so well said, Sanaa.
Thank you so much, Rajani 😀 so good to see you ❤️
Beautiful – as always. The closing stanza is splendiferously exquisite.
Thank you so much, Wendy 😀 so glad you enjoyed it ❤️
your poems so often sing and this one especially – memorable line: “It’s said that sensitivity is a staircase” – I shall ponder on this for days!
Awwwww gosh! ❤️ Thank you so much, Laura 😀 so glad you liked it! ❤️
Every line is beautiful Sanaa….
Come February,
I am wind-chimes in the winter breeze
a mimosa plant
awaiting the slightest chance
that a beloved comes and sets me free…………wonderful!
Thank you so much, Sreeja 😀 so good to see you ❤️
“I am wind-chimes in the winter breeze”
No one does romance like you, Sanaa. A stunning poem!
Awww gosh! ❤️ Thank you so much, Sara 😀 so glad you enjoyed it! ❤️
You write love as so beautifully giddy and hopeful. Love it!
Thank you so much, Susie 😀 so glad you liked it ❤️