Put your face close to my face. Hold me closer than usual. Touch your lips to my lips. Breathe sweet words in between soft kisses. Don't promise you'll be the best thing that ever happened to me. Simply stay put for a little longer than comfortable. ~Just L (November 15, 2015) Published in the December … Continue reading A Little Longer
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Magnificence of an Accident
I want to use this line in a love poem... You are proof of the magnificence of an accident. There. You are. ~Just L (November 30, 2015)
Say Cheese
Romance and food: A classic relationship in an age old love story. Sometimes my poetry is cheesy. Saturday sunshine on our faces, and smiles that won't seem to wash away in spite of the Sunday rain. I don't know if it's sharing the food cart cheese sandwiches in the city park that has me grinning, … Continue reading Say Cheese
Been Around the Block
Watching him drive from the passenger side the scenery passed by as quickly as my age. I am not a young woman, and there was nothing elegant about traveling this particular stretch. My torso was casually twisted toward him as we engaged in breezy conversation. And then, a single thought abruptly captured me more effectively … Continue reading Been Around the Block
Let’s Wreck
(Security is an illusion anyway) Relationships will wreck you. Let them. Loving will wreck your heart. Let it. I don't need to know how you shipwrecked your past. I'm going to love you from now on. Let me. Surrender will wreck your safety. Let go anyway. Love wildly; beyond boundaries. Let you stay with me long … Continue reading Let’s Wreck
But I Do
I catch myself holding back a wee bit Though I’ve thrown my heart over the line In this moment the truth is hard to find Have I used up all of the words that describe divine? Did I waste forever be mine on my youth? Do I lean back and trust completely entwined? Am I … Continue reading But I Do
Only to reach his lips
I tiptoe around him Not on eggshells Only to reach his lips ~Just L (August 18, 2015)
Everything I’ve Got
In case it was not clear, I am building a love story with everything I've got. ~Just L (August 15, 2015) Published in the September 2015 Blender of Love Digest
Trailing Thoughts
As I walked ahead finding my normal strideFirst time carrying a pack, uncertainty in my tenacity I hideI hear (the words of my yogi) “Some days are the days to work harder than others.”I find my breath supports meI exhale everything stale, including the airAnd press onWeight squarely on my hipsNone on my shouldersAny weight … Continue reading Trailing Thoughts
Cautiously Giddy
There is absolutely no way to be cautiously giddy. -Just L (July 29, 2015) Published in the August 2015 Blender of Love Digest
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