Here we are with wildflowers rising; seeming
as weeds to the causal eye
that is, until the time comes for them to bloom,
the air is pungent with scent
and memory serves to glide across flawlessly,
this is no coincidence,
all fragrance irrefragably leads to him,
I don’t desire anything else, so I inhale a bit more.
He gazes from across the tinted glass and smiles,
perhaps, he is aware of fume of sighs
that percolates,
slowly, stretching as the sky does when it wishes
to say things,
I have had poems melt in my mouth before
but this is something entirely different,
darkly enticing and dangerous at the same time.
How do I describe him now?
There seem to be no words to describe
honey-like tone,
as peaches and melons,
his full, sensuous lips both speak and hold
sentences,
sometimes gently moistening my shore,
I crave his voice,
argosy of dark hair that tumble across
the forehead,
when days seem hectic,
I want to write sonnets, describing curve of
his mouth in early morning,
if not in person, then in paperback.
I won’t say anything else, only that thunder
occurs in nether regions,
this affogato affair has put me on the edge,
I wonder, if he can sense soul that
has spilled itself onto the page–
allow me to love, in ebony shadows
and amber daybreak both,
time is fleeting
and season’s chaotic precision is swallowing
me whole,
it’s rather beautiful, the way everything
is falling into place;
all fragrance irrefragably leads to him,
for passion, such as this never rests— this is
just the beginning.
Photo Credits: Pinterest
Posted for Open Link Night #356 (with Live Edition) @dVerse Pub
21 Responses
the ice cream coffee mix really sets the temperature in your poem -had to look up ‘affogato’ and I too drowned in this delicious affair
“to love, in ebony shadows
and amber ”
– d
Awww gosh! Thank you so much, Laura 😍 so glad you enjoyed it 💄❤️
Oh my, hot!
I especially liked these lines,
“I have had poems melt in my mouth before
but this is something entirely different,”
OMG!!! Poems melting in the mouth. Fantastic.
Much♡love
You are a true romantic poet, Sanaa! I love your word creation of the fragrance of love and desire! Beautifully done.
You’ve captured an entire ocean of passion–“a fume of sighs”
:::swooning::: Something warm for this cold season 🙂
Oh how entrancing this passionate turn of phrases is! I rode the surfboard of meaning while reading it, atop the waves of understanding and recognition from my own connections to your description of those moments, those days, those fleeting feelings.
Fantastic images, gentle and passionate and familiar metaphors all make for a reading experience that simply draws one in, to reminisce or desire.
I love the passion and sensory delights of scents and flavors in the poem. Thank you for hosting Sanaa!!!
Wow. Enticing. I love the lead in and then the build up. It really drew me in.
I love the many way you describe the love (and passion) build… the melting poem especially, and then I love the conclusion that this is just the beginning.
Ah! Sanaa!! You share genes with the mermaids and sirens – your romantic poetry sucks one down into a whirlpool of emotion, seduced utterly…
I like the way “causal” initially looks like a misprint for “casual,” but then, on reflection, both are good words and could fit…
you had my full attention from the melting poem. wow
A beautiful sensory write, Sanaa, sensual and fragrant. Love these lines especially:
“percolates,
slowly, stretching as the sky does when it wishes
to say things,
I have had poems melt in my mouth before
but this is something entirely different”
❤️
A captivating and seductive poem Sanaa .. you had me completely by “fume of sighs” all the way through to “this is just the beginning”
I needed a glass of water after you read it 🙂 a stirring love poem Sanaa.
Fantastic, Sanaa!!
OMG, Sanaa! So passionate and sensory! Just gorgeous!!❤️❤️❤️
Favorite parts:
“stretching as the sky does when it wishes
to say things,”
and
“time is fleeting
and season’s chaotic precision is swallowing
me whole,
it’s rather beautiful, the way everything
is falling into place;”
And of course affogato is one of the most delicious things I’ve ever eaten.☕️