Ballad of My Lover's Hair

Through the window, dawn enters

and ignites her hair in a glory

of subtle shades and glimmers

that dazzle me...

flooding my mind with memories,

capturing my heart with its radiance...

such lovely hair, ecstasy to my fingers,

in a silken cascade of meadow fragrance.

A cool breeze slips in and stirs

wayward stands that slowly

sway, languid, erotic dancers

that awaken her from dreams, softly.

And when she moves, the hair pours freely,

over her shoulders and breasts in an elegance,

like the gentle flow of a river,

in a silken cascade of meadow fragrance.

She leans to kiss and it spills over

my face, down my chest, immersing me

in its scented heat...a cloud of gossamer

laying on my body

like the mist of a summers day...lightly

touching in a whisper of sibilance

that I can listen to forever,

in a silken cascade of meadow fragrance.

I pull her close and bury my face in its wonder,

finding in its touch and smell, my existence,

for it embodies her,

in a silken cascade of meadow fragrance.

 

 ~E.W. Richardson

 

 

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