Deliverance

 Written for the pub patrons at dversepoets

You seek release from

bondage, subjugation of

cold dark night.

 

Shaking shoulders, wracked

with grief over a love

that never existed, you cry

aloud, begging warmth and

intimacy to wind around

your forgotten soul.

 

I see you, your pain rests

on my heart.

I cry tears of sorrow,

your torment almost

too much to bear.

 

I come to liberate you

from your personal

hell.

 

I take you into my warmth,

cloak you with compassion

surround you with

something new.

 

Your mind is melded

within the depths of mine.

Our thoughts mingle,

jesting and playfully

prodding laughter out of

a darkened pit

 

Your voice traps

breath in my throat.

No songbird has sung

with such angelic tones

 

Your body is a canvas,

artist’s fingers are

brushes.

Swirling patterns of love

appear as if by magic

on your perfect skin.

 

Your kiss so sweet

soft and sensuous.

passion rises

with your touch.

 

My heart beats wildly,

sings rhapsodies of joy.

You discovered love.

My love.