Sleeping silhouette



Earliest of the morning light
peers its silly little smiles
Peeking through shades and sills

Swathing ambience surrounds
Sketching out a silhouette
Sleeping contours satin covered still

Gentle touches, my fingertips paint as brushes
Traces, the wildflower’s presence
Lying silent among the daffodils

Fine captured lines of radiance
Savor the ages of overflowing wines
Upon her sculptured rills

Each dip of arc in moments defined
Lightly engraven and etched
Upon the passing of time… fulfilled

Then, her warmth
And that of the sunlight
Unite to mingle with her essence spilled

A sensual fragrance, among the treliss shadowed room
Euphoric of her swirling incense
My soul once empty, now begins to fill

She feels my leers
And begins to stir
Then, ebony curls arouse surreal

Also, those sleepy eyes melting chocolates of blinks and stares
Where the sun shines, once again
As amber sparkling smiles reveal

Our special love, a union eternal
As she draws me close for embrace
And offers her now exhilirating appeal

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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABC XXD XEC EXB XXF XAF XXD BXG XXG XXG
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 983
Words 164
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3

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A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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