I take comfort from the dream:
\nyou dip your finger into the cream
\nin a glass bowl of strawberries.<\/p>\n
Ripe and sweet, the strawberries,
\nsome of them halved \u2014 your fingers
\nswirl that luscious pinkness in tendrils.<\/p>\n
Radiance: gleaming horizontal sunbeams lean
\non everything, impasto from a golden brush.
\nYou wear cotton, light, cooling clothes<\/p>\n
that hold you in the scene, here, with me \u2014
\nthe cotton does; for if you were wearing gold or skies
\nlike the sunshine, you would be my god.<\/p>\n
You bring a berry to your lips,
\nhold it lightly between your thumb and forefinger
\nand your lips open slowly; cream drips.<\/p>\n
And I see in your lips the same pink softness
\nas might be a nipple or other secret.
\nLips tell all to strawberries.<\/p>\n
[Revised, October 6, 2006]<\/p>\n
[Original draft:]<\/p>\n
I take comfort from the dream:
\nYou are casually dipping your finger
\nInto the cream in a glass bowl of strawberries<\/p>\n
They are ripe and sweet, the strawberries,
\nAnd some of them are halved, so your fingers
\nAre swirling that luscious pinkness in tendrils.<\/p>\n
There is sun in my dream, horizontal sunbeams
\nLeaning on everything, impasto from a golden brush.
\nYou are wearing cotton, light, comfortable cotton<\/p>\n
That keeps you in the scene, there, with me
\nThe cotton; for if you were wearing gold or skies
\nLike the sunshine, you would be my god.<\/p>\n
You bring a berry to your lips,
\nHolding it lightly between your thumb and forefinger
\nAnd your lips open slowly; cream drips.<\/p>\n
And I see, in your lips the same pink softness
\nAs might be a nipple or other secret.
\nLips tell all to strawberries.<\/p>\n
[podcast]http:\/\/riverwriter.ca\/podcast\/Strawberries.mp3[\/podcast]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I take comfort from the dream: you dip your finger into the cream in a glass bowl of strawberries. Ripe and sweet, the strawberries, some of them halved \u2014 your fingers swirl that luscious pinkness in tendrils. Radiance: gleaming horizontal … Continue reading