She slips out of my embrace
Like a guilty lover each morning.
I cannot resist her sensuous touch;
so what if we can never be one?
Her milky smoothness plumbs my dark depths;
Nightly.
Her rays dance on my lake’s rippling surface.
So happy to share that this post garnered an Editor’s Pick this week! So very happy!
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awesome! how I envy you for this! beautifully written!
Thank you so much!
Cool to win an award for this poetic metaphor Shailaja: well done! 🙂 <3
Thank you my dear ?
Pretty cool! Don’t know why but I was thinking of chocolate, white chocolate encasing dark chocolate. *I must be nuts*
Or maybe just hungry ??
Loved your choice of metaphor. Beautifully expressed. As always. 🙂
Thank you so much!
Carrying on the lineage of Romanticist poets, eh? Beautifully done, Shailaja!
Thanks Beloo. Inspiration is everywhere, is it not? ?
Shailaja, you floored me. You know I’m a fan, but I love seeing you push your boundaries a bit. This might be the most sensual thing I’ve read of yours, and I love it.
Coming from a writer I admire and adore, this may be the highest compliment! Thank you so much!! ??
There is a seductiveness here that just hovers at the surface. Nicely done, Shailaja.
Thanks Meg. I have been tentatively stepping out and trying some new writing practice. I hope that reflects in the work 🙂
That first metaphor really sets things up to be so sensual. And your use of the word “plumb” is so striking, almost vulgar (in a good way). Outstanding, Shailaja!
My heart just did a flip flop at that compliment! Thanks Nate!
This has a very poetic allure to it.
Why thank you kindly, Todd 🙂
Lovely..beautiful words..
Thank you Parul <3
Beautiful expression! Liked it a lot, Shailaja 🙂
Thanks Shilpa 🙂 <3
The language is silky-sensuous. Lovely read.
Thank you so much!
I read through this twice and then it hit me…brilliant.
Thank you so much, Kathy <3
Wow!
I had to read the poem thrice to understand it.. 😀
Just kidding. I was concentrating way too much on the beauty of the lines!
I read it thrice coz I liked it so much! 🙂
😛 Thrice, it seems 😉 Glad you read it though and hey, it’s only 42 words, so you can read it a few more times too. I won’t mind 😀
I actually swooooooned to that last line.. so gorgeously poetic!!
Why thank you Raj! How nice to hear that! <3
*searches frantically for the ‘Wah Wah’ sticker*
he he he. Thanks 🙂
Oh I love this, the metaphor, the way its written. Lovely. 🙂
Thank you Jaibala 🙂
Very nice metaphor 🙂
Thanks Kerithana 🙂
It’s brilliant writing:)
Thank you so much Vishal! 🙂
I love this!
Also, our titles are eerily similar 😀
Didn’t copy, I swear 😉 Thanks Anu 😀
For the first few lines, I thought you were talking about “Sleep” ;). Nice one, Shailaja!
Ah that’s a good take too!