Abloom

The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly. - Thoreau

my love

let down your silken, flowing locks

put away your tears

meet me under the cotton swabs of the p***y willows

with their catkins of promise

and gentle, cushiony tutelage

amidst the inflorescence of undeniable truth

it's the place we've chosen

the devotion we've woven

in the sprouting leaves of hope

pinned with capitulating, catapulting corsages of destiny

come

please

i beg you

we'll silence the ages

rewriting the missing pages

defying fate

coronating what was meant to be in the vestibule of heaven

before it's too late

god will receive us

there's always room

for faith abloom

Author's Note

“There were times when I could not afford to sacrifice the bloom of the present moment to any work, whether of the head or hands. I love a broad margin to my life. [...] They were not time subtracted from my life, but so much over and above my usual allowance. [...] This was sheer idleness to my fellow-townsmen, no doubt; but if the birds and flowers had tried me by their standard, I should not have been found wanting.” - Thoreau

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I'm set back on my heels to read such a whiff of romantic fragrance from you, my friend! I just about fell in love with you by the end of this! I love the imagery you use becuz it's like none other & it evokes the most unusual pondering . . . not your boring predictable romantic fare, for sure! Here's hoping you have some lively romance like this in your life to toast the holidays (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Pete]

lol. sweets from the sweet. no significant other for under the mistletoe for me these days. oh well. we're supposed to get a storm christmas day (50 mph winds and 1-2 inches of rain). happy holidays margie ... :)

[barleygirl]

As we sit on a measly 3/4 inch of rain so far this season, we are slated to get sixteen more drops over the weekend. That should dampen the top soil in spots . . . *sigh!* I'll be thinking of you, wrapped in shrouds of frosty moisture!

[Pete]

i think a rain dance is needed in your neck of the woods. we've had a lot of rain this fall - erasing quite a bit of the summer drought. tomorrow's rain will be on top of the foot of snow that we got last weekend - some flooding is expected ... :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

room for faith in each other...writing love poetry is always better when it is a collaboration of two.
nicely done...I especially love the wording of the second stanza.
j.

[Pete]

i don't often write love poems but i guess it is better with two. seasons greetings ... :)

[jacob erin-cilberto]

well, Pete.
You surely know how to write them.