Old Love Letters (Adult)
by LaBelleRouge
I dared not touch them until now
but I thought as part of
the healing process
I needed to, really should
read your love letters
It had been a while
dince you said you loved me
snd a few days since
you told me you didn’t
I had to find a way
to close the door to
sll that had been
but never again would be
I must learn how to live once more
without you, My Love
I believed I was ready
before I laid it to rest
to remember our love
as it was in the tender sweetness
of its beginning bud
and burning heat of
passion In full bloom
so I opened them and read
Line upon line
of love’s heated devotion
wrapped in longing tender words
I was your Goddess, your Beauty
You recounted to me in detail
dreams of nights apart
how I came to you in sleep
and we ravished one another
until the sun’s rising to awake you
You praised the red silk of my hair
the full pout of my red lips
smoothness of ivory skin
full beauty of bosom
firmness of thighs and cheeks
You spoke of the heady fragrance
of my perfume and love scent
the taste of wine from pleasure’s fountain
and how you longed to touch
and taste every part of me
until both of us were satiated with love
I wept as I read, hot tears of pain
galling down my face and neck
Remembering, yearning for
just one more letter of love
one touch of your practiced hands
one sweet hot kiss from your lips
one more night sheltered in your arms
My heart felt as if it would burst
with knowing you no longer
desired my hands, my lips, my arms
when mine ache for you
Maybe I wasn’t ready
to read your letters, Darling
but somehow you felt near
and it seemed as if our spirits touched
just one last brief fleeting moment
before I folded and locked them away
Copyright 10/16/2002 La Belle Rouge
'Poetry, Love's Embers'
By La Belle Rouge
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