Claudette

December 22, 2017
9:19 pm

Claudette

Love finds me
and holds me
then scolds me
and melts me
love sooth me
and gives me butterflies
then makes me cry
when it leaves
I can't breathe
Love heals me
and it kills me
and I live
and I die
and why
did I even bother
and I holler
and scream
I can't stop this dream
of you
and me
was it meant to be
and love lingers
with the aroma of
berries and lemongrass
and love
makes me dance
and sing lullabies
while I lay upon
the crescent moon
in spring
love has
love will
love does
finds me
holds me
and
moves me
to places
inside spaces
where muffled sounds
about love
are heard
between the lines
of my spilled ink

Deborah R Shaw
The Silent Stake