~Pureblood~

By WordWulf, 6th Apr 2011 | Follow this author | RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/6m3ala_f/
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~ he is writing his way into her heart ~ speaking of hope, dreams & aspirations ~ naming a flower ~ bait-switching to her name ~ the poet’s illusion ~ the sound in his mouth ~ blood of his pen ~

~Pureblood~

If I was a writer
I would write your name twice
write your name twice
teach your feet to danse
to the sound of my voice
sing to you in octaves
of ink and desire
pages of love and love on the page

I would capture your eyes
stoke your inner fires
with a pureblood of word
paint passion in layers
with the brush of my pen
delivered in ebon dirges
and odes of delight
ballads, heroic and romantic

So singing, woman
would I lay you down gently
a lost beggar poet
plead bravely to join you there
share your soft pillow
luxuriate in the scent of your hair
I would whisper of halo
the exquisite madness of love

Lo, I am not so gifted
though I attempt to rise
to lofty, soaring heights
that I might find myself
in love and loved in your eyes
There is far hope in my pen
that the spilling of its blood
is quite enough to write your name twice

If I was a poet
I would sit ‘neath your window
sing to you my verses
a moonlight serenade
until you rose to come with me
where we’d walk hand in hand
I would write your name twice
write your name twice

~Tom (WordWulf) Sterner~
~Liquid Notions~
~Dream Don’t~
~Your Face~

Meet the author

WordWulf
Tom Sterner lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His interne...(more)