tender heart

the warm
and wondrous
caress
of the westerly winds
set my senses
alight

I could see
your wilful
waving hair again
as in the
times
of Eridanus

the tender touch
of your warm breath
on my
eager
waiting lips
made me shiver
with pleasure
and
pain

skyward you came
'twixt grey gloom
and rain
enfolding
me
caressing me
diverting me
from the pain within
the deep
dark
will of loss

I turned around
Kilgalligan's strand
and set
my feet
to heaven's
bright shore
where loss
and gain
would no
more
pain
my febrile
yet tender
heart

O set me free
once
more to
be the self
I dreamed of once
and let me feel
upon my
lips
the salty kiss
of my lover's lips
the deep dark
soul of Erris



Poetry by Peter Humphreys
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Written on 2011-10-05 at 12:52

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Nathalia
You write beautifully!
2012-03-08


Stan Cooper The PoetBay support member heart!
A beauty, Peter

Stan
2011-10-09


NicholasG
Peter, today I have a fever and usual flu symptoms. Your poem's magic overpowered the symptoms completely! Thank you for such a very fine gift. You never cease to amaze! Bravo!
Nick
2011-10-05



This is very beautiful, Mr Humphreys.
It is difficult to find words to do justice to your brilliance; perhaps it is enough to confess I am inspired and silenced into daydream.
Applause!
2011-10-05