Writing

the first hello

By Denise Carruthers / 25th July, 2017

The precious first That one hello Felled my heart Touched my soul Now the fruit of memory Bittersweet

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start and end

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

I say that love begins in the corner of a smile A smile as a promise of happiness It is the eyes that show sadness in a blink of goodbye

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tones of my heart

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

Thrums so soft My hollow sounds Gentle tones & mellow movement Plays a melody of maundering The melisma to my heart

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like love

By Denise Carruthers / 16th July, 2017

T’ was there Paused my heart A mental connection Feeling of truthiness Déjà-vu & very like a love That once upon a time I knew

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darling dresses

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

Wear this coat of my caress Dressed up in dearest wishes Graceful garb for gentleman Adorn yourself Darling Draped in adoration

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feelings of fire

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

He touched me My breath held In burning shallow lungs Muted awe for want of him Struck silently As feelings fired on my skin

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time stands still

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

It’s that song, you know Flooding memories The one comes on & takes you back Time stands still but I am dancing With your ghost

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the sweetest kiss

By Denise Carruthers / 14th July, 2017

How I long to linger lovingly Lavish him with lips on lips His mouth on mine The sweetest kiss Gifted from my dreams

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mermaid

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

Sirens at twilight Serenading by the sea Sways of singing Lilts that lure love When mermaids murmur Sailors sigh & succumb

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loveless

By Denise Carruthers / 11th July, 2017

Her dream became Nightmare’s stampede Hoof-beats on heartbeats Fancy to fear No-one to hear her cry No more moaning love

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eyes

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Drawn to his eyes Into the deep blue well Like a sky’s memory With sunshine stolen from the day Which she longed to return

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love is blind

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Always dark But ears listen Fingers touch Feeling a picture Painting his mind Glimpse of her beauty In the softness of night

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the lake

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Memory threads An amber hue thru my mind You and me and the lake at night Floating on moonbeams Delighting in love

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slow love

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Take it slowly he said One day at a time; But I wanna see you dance Wanna feel your rhythm Let me be your love & our whispers like breathing

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warning

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Navigation devices tell Of dangerous curves ahead But they do not work On people About to fall in love

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unlove

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

To tips of my fingers I feel him By end of my toes My despair When senses desert The hurt & pain of not reciprocated love

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love him

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Full pelt storm Her rant & raving hurricane Volcanic lava-like words Spewed forth in torrents He smiled Tears fell in a rainbow

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love music

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

Feel my pulse; Hums in harmony ~ with the thrum of our movement ~ as we rock in the throes ~ with a riff and a lick of love

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come back

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

In a valley lies her heart A meadow swept by whims The quietude of him Whispers to dreams Come ye back, my darling

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love and dreams

By Denise Carruthers / 27th June, 2017

I’m yet a fool to believe in love. But wise enough to know that dreams are for the young. Tho my heart feels pangs of youth, My body cries at…

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