Pillow Talk
Waking, he asks her "Was our first full moon
like our first kiss?" "No riddles," she says, asleep.
"I was just thinking, seeing how tonight
the moon is looking at us through the trees,
the sky blown clear, the lawn all silver frost -
this is just how it was when first we met."
Up on one elbow now, she shakes her head.
"I remember how it was pouring wet,
but if you mean our first kiss I'll forget -
of course not, though down memory's lane you've lost
track of our first full moon. Now if you please,
go back to sleep. Or it could be your last!"
"Last kiss, or last full moon?" "You think too much!"
Just for a moment then their two hands touch.
"You keep the moon," she yawns. "Give me a kiss."
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.. I am sitting in an airport waiting to board a flight in an hour or so .. folks keep looking at me 'cause I have this goofy grin on my face ~~ love your poem!
ReplyDelete"You think too much!"
ReplyDeleteAnd I say, thanks for that, because that's what our blogs need.
. . and don't get, because we're all too busy "honing our craft."
DeleteI think you've been honing your pillow talk - and to very good effect! LOL
Delete...and he's doing quite well, Jinksy! :)
DeleteLovely Doctor, in very many ways.
ReplyDeleteI've never been called a Lovely Doctor before . . . No! Wait! Ahh . . . now I see what you mean. Thank you, Mary.
DeleteLovely, light and sweet :-)
ReplyDeleteI am smiling. Sigh...Love is highly recommended!
ReplyDelete*sigh*
ReplyDeletelovely
=)
You always step some way beyond the prompt, Doc. This catches pillow talk beautifully.
ReplyDeleteSo very charming...
ReplyDeleteOne of the most perfect poems I could ever imagine....for this picture prompt or otherwise. It captured my heart.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lydia, that is most kind. I'm wondering whether interchanging the comma and full stop (period) in the last line substantially changes the sense of who is saying what, and whether it matters. Poems are never "finished" - merely abandoned.
ReplyDeleteFull stop or comma, I think the female speaks the whole of the last line...
DeleteIt's wonderful to know that man can write so tenderly and romantically. Perfect.
ReplyDeleteSo romantically sweet. I melted.
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