i am
i am the girl
who walked city streets in the autumn
touching fire
riding the bus with my head
so close to your shoulder
amazed to find safety in reach
i am the girl
who made you laugh
about snow on my windshield
blanket statements
birthday wishes and
new year’s kisses
i am the girl
waiting for the crunch
of your footsteps in snowstorms
who treasured your tears
heard words no [...]
Whiskey Ginger
Does Olympus hold raptured Ganymede
While youthful pleasure dwells in your embrace?
Your keen quicksilver-hazel gaze decrees
Sheer speechless ecstasy upon my face.
Under curly auburn locks find I wit
Of a Georgia peach, keen gentleman’s wiles,
And whiskey ginger spit, which I admit
Intoxicates. From your wry, bemused smile
Cupid’s arrow flies, my carnal wound kissed
In a firm gallop under borrowed light.
O [...]